DEATH AND DYING ; POST MORTEM CARE Flashcards

1
Q

actual or potential situation in which
something that is valued is changed or no
longer available.

A

loss

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2
Q

4 types of loss

A

actual
perceived
anticipatory
situational
developmental

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3
Q

loss of body parts, child, etc

A

actual

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4
Q

loss of confidence, youth, financial independence

A

perceived

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5
Q

experience before loss occurs ; can be actual or perceived

A

anticipatory

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6
Q

loss of job, death of child, loss of functional ability because of acute illness or injury

A

situational

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7
Q

departure of children from home, retirements from a career, and death of aged parents

A

developmental

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8
Q

Is manifested in thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors associated with overwhelming
distress or sorrow.

A

grief

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9
Q

Is the total response to the emotional
experience related to loss.
→ Grief is a social process it is best
shared and carried out with assistance
of others
→ It is essential for good mental and
physical health that permits the
individual to cope with the loss
gradually and to accept it as part of
reality

A

grief

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10
Q

Subjective response experienced by the
surviving loved ones after the death of a
person with whom they have shared a
significant relationship

A

bereavement

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11
Q

• Behavioural process through which grief is
eventually resolved or altered;
• often influenced by culture, spiritual beliefs,
and custo

A

mourning

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12
Q

Psychiatrist who wrote on the book “On
Death and Dying”

A

elisabeth kubler ross

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13
Q

when was elizabeth born and where

A

july 8, 1926 in zurich switzerland

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14
Q

when did elisabeth die

A

august 24, 2004

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15
Q

what are the stages of grieving

A

denial
anger
bargaining
depression
acceptance

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16
Q

• Refuses to believe that loss is happening.
• Is unready to deal with practical
problems.
• May assume artificial cheerfulness to
prolong denial.

A

denial

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17
Q

• Client or family may direct anger at nurse
or staff about matters that normally would
not bother them.

A

anger

18
Q

Behavioral responses
• May express feelings of guilt or fear of
punishment for past sins, real or imagined.

A

bargaining

19
Q

• Grieves over what has happened and
what cannot be.

A

depression

20
Q

• May have decreased interest in
surroundings and support people.

A

acceptance

21
Q

Death seen as reversible ; • Most aware of changes in patterns of care • Asking questions repeatedly

A

ages 2-4

22
Q

• Death still seen as reversible.
Grief Response
• Great concern with process. How? Why?
• May act as though nothing has
happened.
→ He would continue his normal activity
but allow them to verbalize general
distress and confusion

A

ages 4-7

23
Q

• Death still seen as reversible.
Grief Response
• Great concern with process. How? Why?
• May act as though nothing has
happened.
→ He would continue his normal activity
but allow them to verbalize general
distress and confusion

A

ages 7-11

24
Q

Concept of Death
• Ability to abstract
• Beginning to conceptualize death.
Grief Response
• Extreme sadness
• Denial
• Regression
• Risk taking

A

ages 11-18

25
Q

→ Caring for the patient’s body
→ Caring for the family
→ Discharging specific legal responsibilities

A

providing post mortem care

26
Q

→ Support and care to the patient’s family.
→ Death of a patient may cause depression
in other patients.

A

care of the body

27
Q

stiffening of the body 2-4 hrs after death ; involuntary muscles until other body parts ; leave for about 96hrs after death

A

rigor mortis

28
Q

decreased body temperature; slowly go down every hour ; skin loses elasticity

A

algor mortis

29
Q

red blood cells will break down and the hemoglobin will get released causing discoloration ; appears in the lowermost areas or around it

A

livor mortis

30
Q

prevents the process of bacterial fermentation by injecting chemicals into the body

A

embalming

31
Q

a professional that is trained to take care of the dead

A

mortician

32
Q

the body will be wrapped by the

A

shroud

33
Q

cessation of apical pulse, respi, blood pressure

A

heart lung death

34
Q

when the cerebral cortex is irreversibly destroyed

A

cerebral death

35
Q

client has lost cognitive function and awareness but respi and circu remain

A

persistent vegetative state

36
Q

prohibited by eastern orthodox, muslims, hindus, and jehovahs witness

A

autopsy

37
Q

prohibited by baha’i, mormon, eastern orthodox, islamic and roman catholic faiths

A

organ donation

38
Q

hindus prefer this and cast the ashesin the holy river

A

cremation

39
Q

in hopeless illness, buddhists may permit

A

euthanasia

40
Q

painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease

A

euthanasia