Ch 43 Loss grief and dying

Question 1

Active euthanasia

Answer 1

Someone other than the patient commits an action with the intent to end the patient’s life, for example, injecting the patient with a lethal dose of the drug

Question 2

Actual loss

Answer 2

Loss that can be recognized by others as well as by the person sustaining the lose, such as the loss of a limb or a spouse

Question 3

Advance care planning ACP

Answer 3

Process of planning for future care in the event a person becomes unable to make his or her own decisions

Question 4

Advance directive

Answer 4

Written directive that allows people to state in advance what their choices for healthcare would be if certain circumstances should develop

Question 5

Allow natural death AND Order

Answer 5

An order that no attempts are to be made to resuscitate a patient who stops breathing or his heart stops beating

Question 6

Anticipatory loss

Answer 6

Condition in which a person displays loss and grief behaviors for a loss that is yet to take place

Question 7

Bereavement

Answer 7

State of grieving are going through the grief process

Question 8

Comfort measures only order

Answer 8

An order written to indicate that the goal of treatment is a comfortable, dignified death and that further life-sustaining measures are no longer indicated

Question 9

Death

Answer 9

1. Irreversible cessation of all functions of circulatory and respiratory functions
2. Irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem

Question 10

Do not resuscitate DNR Order

Answer 10

An order specified that there be no attempt to resuscitate a patient in the event of, cardiopulmonary arrest

Question 11

Dysfunctional grief

Answer 11

Abnormal or distorted grief that may be either unresolved or inhibited

Question 12

Euthanasia

Answer 12

Mercy killing, the deliberate termination of the life of a person

Question 13

Grief

Answer 13

Emotional response to loss. Dysfunctional grief; distorted or abnormal grief process including inhibited grief, suppression of grief reaction, and unresolved grief, lengthy or denied grief graphic rectify reaction, abbreviate a grief, short but genuine grief reaction, anticipatory grief, grief reaction before actual loss

Question 14

Hospice care

Answer 14

A type of end of life care for persons who are terminally ill, characterized by the following

1. Patients are kept as free of pain as possible so they may die comfortably and with dignity
2. Patients receive continuity of care, are not abandoned, and do not lose personal identity
3. Patients retain as much control as possible over decisions regarding their care and are allowed to refuse further life-prolonging Technologic interventions
4. Patients are viewed as individuals with personal fears thoughts feelings values and hopes

Question 15

Loss

Answer 15

And accessibility or change in a valued person, object, or situation. Actual loss loss tangible to both the person sustaining the loss and to others. Perceived loss, loss tangible only to the person sustaining it. Physical loss loss of life, lamb, an object, person, Pet, our job. Psychological loss, loss that affects a person self image. Anticipatory loss, loss behaviors displayed before the actual loss occurs.

Question 16

MOLST. Form

Answer 16

Stands for medical order for life-sustaining treatment, a medical order indicating a patient’s wishes regarding treatments commonly used in medical crisis

Question 17

Mourning 

Answer 17

Period during which a person learns to accept grief

Question 18

Palliative care

Answer 18

Hospice care, taking care of the whole person body, mind, spirit spirit, heart, and soul with the goal of giving patients with life-threatening illness is the best quality of life they can have through the aggressive management of symptoms

Question 19

Palliative sedation

Answer 19

The lowering of patient consciousness with medication for the express purpose of limiting the patient’s awareness of suffering that is intractable and intolerable

Question 20

Perceived loss

Answer 20

Loss of youth, financial independence, and a valued environment experienced by a person, but intangible to others

Question 21

POLST

Answer 21

Stands for physician order for life-sustaining treatment, a medical order indicating a patient’s wishes regarding treatments commonly used in a medical crisis; must be completed and signed by a healthcare professional, not the patient

Question 22

Terminal illness

Answer 22

Illness from which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery or cure

Question 23

Terminal weaning

Answer 23

Withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy with the understanding the death may result, generally after decision is made that the therapy question is medically futile or disproportionately burdensome