CH #44: Loss, Grief, & Dying

Question 1

inaccessibility or change in a valued person, object, or situation

Answer 1

loss

Question 2

loss tangible to both the person sustaining the loss and to others

Answer 2

actual loss

Question 3

loss tangible only to the person sustaining it

Answer 3

perceived loss

Question 4

loss of life, limb, an object, person, pet, or job

Answer 4

physical loss

Question 5

loss that affects a person’s self-image

Answer 5

psychological loss

Question 6

loss behaviors displayed before the actual loss occurs

Answer 6

anticipatory loss

Question 7

emotional response to loss

Answer 7

grief

Question 8

distorted or abnormal grief response, including inhibited grief (suppression of grief reaction) and unresolved grief (lengthy or denied grief reaction)

Answer 8

dysfunctional grief

Question 9

short but genuine grief reaction

Answer 9

abbreviated grief

Question 10

grief reaction before actual loss

Answer 10

anticipatory grief

Question 11

period during which a person learns to accept grief

Answer 11

mourning

Question 12

state of grieving or going through the grief process

Answer 12

bereavement

Question 13

(1) irreversible cessation of all functions of circulatory and respiratory functions; (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brainstem; (3) termination of life

Answer 13

death

Question 14

taking care of the whole person (body, mind, spirit, heart, & soul) with the goal of giving patients with life-threatening illnesses the best quality of life they can have through the aggressive management of symptoms

Answer 14

palliative care

Question 15

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 that 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; and (4) patients are viewed as individuals with personal fears, thoughts, feelings, values, and hopes

Answer 15

hospice care

Question 16

process of planning for future care in the event a person becomes unable to make their own decisions

Answer 16

advanced care planning (ACP)

Question 17

written directive that allows people to state in advance what their choices for health care would be if certain circumstances should develop

Answer 17

advance directives

Question 18

a medical order indicating a patient’s wishes regarding treatments commonly used in a medical crisis; must be completed and signed by a health care professional, not the patient

Answer 18

Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form

Question 19

a medical order indicating a patient’s wishes regarding treatments commonly used in a medical crisis

Answer 19

Medical Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) form

Question 20

an order specifying that there be no attempt to resuscitate a patient in the event of cardiopulmonary arrest

Answer 20

Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR)

Question 21

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

Answer 21

terminal weaning

Question 22

mercy killing; the deliberate termination of the life of a person

Answer 22

euthanasia

Question 23

someone other than the patient commits an action with the intent to end the patient’s life (i.e., injecting the patient with a lethal dose of a drug)

Answer 23

active euthanasia