NUR1212C FSCJ Exam 3 Questions with
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Lumbar puncture - ✔✔"spinal tap" an invasive outpatient procedure used to
remove a sample of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) form the subarachnoid space
in the spine
Cachexia - ✔✔Weakness and wasting of the body due to severe chronic
illness
Death Rattle - ✔✔sound often produced by someone who is near death as
a result of fluids such as saliva and bronchial secretions accumulating in
the throat and upper chest
Cheyne -Stokes Respirations - ✔✔cyclic breathing marked by a gradual
increase in the rapidity of respiration followed by a gradual decrease and
total cessation for 5 to 50 seconds
Palliative Care - ✔✔focused on providing relief from the symptoms and
stress of the illness. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient
and the family - Manage symptoms
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, Hospice Care - ✔✔Focus on comfort and quality of life, rather than cure.
The goal is to enable patients to be comfortable and free of pain, so that
they live each day as fully as possible.
Advance directives - ✔✔AKA "living will", "personal directive", "medical
directive", or "advance decision," is a legal document in which a person
specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer
able to make decisions.
Loss - ✔✔Normal part of the human experience; can be commonplace,
relationship-oriented, or intangible and circumstantial
Grief - ✔✔individualized response to a loss that is perceived, real, or
anticipated
Anticipatory grief - ✔✔Helps people recognize grief as part of living with a
terminal prognosis, experiencing anticipatory grief as they prepare for the
expected death
disenfranchised grief - ✔✔grief involving a deceased person that is a
socially ambiguous loss that can't be openly mourned or supported
complicated grief - ✔✔unresolved - a type of grief that impedes a person's
future life, usually because the person clings to sorrow or is buffeted by
contradictory emotions
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100% Correct Answers | Latest Update
Lumbar puncture - ✔✔"spinal tap" an invasive outpatient procedure used to
remove a sample of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) form the subarachnoid space
in the spine
Cachexia - ✔✔Weakness and wasting of the body due to severe chronic
illness
Death Rattle - ✔✔sound often produced by someone who is near death as
a result of fluids such as saliva and bronchial secretions accumulating in
the throat and upper chest
Cheyne -Stokes Respirations - ✔✔cyclic breathing marked by a gradual
increase in the rapidity of respiration followed by a gradual decrease and
total cessation for 5 to 50 seconds
Palliative Care - ✔✔focused on providing relief from the symptoms and
stress of the illness. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient
and the family - Manage symptoms
1
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, Hospice Care - ✔✔Focus on comfort and quality of life, rather than cure.
The goal is to enable patients to be comfortable and free of pain, so that
they live each day as fully as possible.
Advance directives - ✔✔AKA "living will", "personal directive", "medical
directive", or "advance decision," is a legal document in which a person
specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer
able to make decisions.
Loss - ✔✔Normal part of the human experience; can be commonplace,
relationship-oriented, or intangible and circumstantial
Grief - ✔✔individualized response to a loss that is perceived, real, or
anticipated
Anticipatory grief - ✔✔Helps people recognize grief as part of living with a
terminal prognosis, experiencing anticipatory grief as they prepare for the
expected death
disenfranchised grief - ✔✔grief involving a deceased person that is a
socially ambiguous loss that can't be openly mourned or supported
complicated grief - ✔✔unresolved - a type of grief that impedes a person's
future life, usually because the person clings to sorrow or is buffeted by
contradictory emotions
2
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