Chapter 25: care for the dying/ grieving

Question 1

Compassion fatigue

Answer 1

Compassion fatigue is the emotional pain or cost of working with
traumatized persons that may result in a stress response for a nurse.

Question 2

goal of hospice care

Answer 2

The goal of hospice care is to use an interdisciplinary team to deliver
compassionate, holistic, and medically managed end-of-life services.

Question 3

Mourning

Answer 3

Placing flowers at the accident site where a toddler died is an example of
mourning. Mourning refers to outward expressions of grief, including
cultural practices and rituals marking the anniversary of a death.

Question 4

Chronic grief

Answer 4

Chronic grief occurs when grief does not diminish over time; it does not describe an inability to publicly acknowledge the grief.

Question 5

Masked grief

Answer 5

Masked grief occurs when grief behaviors of the survivor interfere with normal functioning, but the person is not aware that the behaviors are concealing the grieving process

Question 6

Exaggerated grief

Answer 6

Exaggerated grief occurs when the survivor is overwhelmed by grief and cannot function

Question 7

Disenfranchised grief

Answer 7

Disenfranchised grief occurs after a loss that cannot be openly acknowledged or publicly shared by the grieving person.

Question 8

Tangible

Answer 8

Loss of a person, pet, or possession

Question 9

Intangible

Answer 9

Loss of health or a relationship

Question 10

Disorganization and despair

Answer 10

Disorganization and despair marks the beginning of apathy, withdrawal, and anguish

Question 11

Reorganization

Answer 11

Reorganization begins a new state of normal and is marked by decreased intensity of the negative emotions related to the loss, and a sense of enjoyment of life begins to return.

Question 12

Shock and numbness

Answer 12

Shock and numbness occur immediately after the loss when the bereaved feels numb

Question 13

Searching and yearning

Answer 13

Searching and yearning describes the time when the person yearns for the deceased and is marked by anger, fear, anxiety, and confusion