CH. 24 NUTRITION

Question 1

TRUE OR FALSE; healthcare workers have less training on reversing the effects of disease

Answer 1

FALSE; healthcare workers have more training on reversing the effects of disease and less training on assisting clients with dying

Question 2

What is oliguria?

Answer 2

Decrease or cessation of urine output

Question 3

What is one of the most useful indicators of death

Answer 3

Cyanosis

Question 4

What does it mean when a patient has a decreased mental alertness

Answer 4

Decreased amount of blood to the brain

Question 5

What do family members and caregivers fear when being with a dying patient (or) client

Answer 5

They fear being alone with them

Question 6

Curative care

Answer 6

Arrest the disease

Question 7

Palliative care

Answer 7

ease pain or discomfort

Question 8

what do studies show terminally patients want

Answer 8

Relief of their pain and symptoms, improve their quality of life, avoid being a burden to their family (more in ppt.)

Question 9

what is best to not do in a nutritional assessment?

Answer 9

recommend behavioral changes (unless client will experience relief)

Question 10

what does palliative care begin with?

Answer 10

Establishment of goals

Question 11

who is responsible for initial education and counseling

Answer 11

Physician or advanced-practice provider.

Question 12

___________ means “a medical treatment is ethically mandatory to the extent that it is likely to confer greater benefits than burdens to the client.”

Answer 12

Proportionality