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NUR 445/NURS 445 EXAM 2 TEST BANK NEWEST
2025 COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
/ALREADY GRADED A+/ LATEST EXAM!!!
What role do nurses play in caring for seriously ill patients
and their families? - Answer-Elicit goals of care
Assess, manage, coordinate care
Listen
Bear witness
Communicate with team
Knowledgeable in evidence based practice
What are the top five leading causes of death in america?
- Answer-Heart disease
Cancer
Chronic lower respiratory disease
Unintentional injury
Cerebrovascular diseases
What is the impact of serious illness in America on care? -
Answer-Exploding healthcare costs
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Poor understanding of prognosis
Failure to treat pain and other symptoms
Increased use of technology
What constitutes quality of life care at end of life for the
health care team? - Answer-Providing symptom
management and discussing the emotional aspects of the
disease
What constitutes quality care at the end of life for patients
- Answer-achieving a sense of control, attaining spiritual
peace, succeeding in having finance in order,
strengthening relationships with loved ones, and believing
that their life has meaning `
T/F most adults prefer to die at home? - Answer-True
Nearly 40% of enrolled veterans live in _____________
communities - Answer-Rural
T/F the majority of veterans die in VA facilities - Answer-
False
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What is palliative care? - Answer-Patient and family
centered care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating,
preventing, and treating suffering
What are the characteristics of palliative care philosophy
and delivery? - Answer-Interdisciplinary care
Excellent communication between patients, families, and
health care providers
Services provided concurrently with or independent of
curative/life prolonging care
What are the barriers to quality care at the end of life? -
Answer-Failure to acknowledge the limits of medicine
Workforce too small to meet demands
Lack of training
Hospice/palliative care poorly understood
Lack of payment models linked to quality measures
Rules and regulations
Denial of death
NUR 445/NURS 445 EXAM 2 TEST BANK NEWEST
2025 COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
/ALREADY GRADED A+/ LATEST EXAM!!!
What role do nurses play in caring for seriously ill patients
and their families? - Answer-Elicit goals of care
Assess, manage, coordinate care
Listen
Bear witness
Communicate with team
Knowledgeable in evidence based practice
What are the top five leading causes of death in america?
- Answer-Heart disease
Cancer
Chronic lower respiratory disease
Unintentional injury
Cerebrovascular diseases
What is the impact of serious illness in America on care? -
Answer-Exploding healthcare costs
,2|Page
Poor understanding of prognosis
Failure to treat pain and other symptoms
Increased use of technology
What constitutes quality of life care at end of life for the
health care team? - Answer-Providing symptom
management and discussing the emotional aspects of the
disease
What constitutes quality care at the end of life for patients
- Answer-achieving a sense of control, attaining spiritual
peace, succeeding in having finance in order,
strengthening relationships with loved ones, and believing
that their life has meaning `
T/F most adults prefer to die at home? - Answer-True
Nearly 40% of enrolled veterans live in _____________
communities - Answer-Rural
T/F the majority of veterans die in VA facilities - Answer-
False
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What is palliative care? - Answer-Patient and family
centered care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating,
preventing, and treating suffering
What are the characteristics of palliative care philosophy
and delivery? - Answer-Interdisciplinary care
Excellent communication between patients, families, and
health care providers
Services provided concurrently with or independent of
curative/life prolonging care
What are the barriers to quality care at the end of life? -
Answer-Failure to acknowledge the limits of medicine
Workforce too small to meet demands
Lack of training
Hospice/palliative care poorly understood
Lack of payment models linked to quality measures
Rules and regulations
Denial of death
