End of life: Terminology and Meds for Palliative Care

Question 1

What is a Durable Power of Attorney?

Answer 1

someone else is appointed to make a patient’s HEALTH CARE decisions

Question 2

What are advanced directives?

Answer 2

Legal documents that allow you to spell out your decisions about end-of-life care ahead of time.

They give you a way to tell your wishes to family, friends, and health care professionals and to avoid confusion later on.

Question 3

What if a pt doesn’t have a DNR, how do we respond in code situation?

Answer 3

Full code

**by law care providers must initiate CPR for a person who is not breathing/pulseness unless a DNR exists

Question 4

What must a DNR be?

Answer 4

CLEAR

-can have limited DNR

Question 5

What is a Living Will?

Answer 5

-directions of what will happen/who will get belongings

Question 6

Palliative Care:

What med class used for pain management?

Answer 6

Opioids

hydromorphone

Question 7

Palliative Care:

Dyspnea Management

Answer 7

Opioids (morphine)
Anticholinergics
Bronchodilators
Sedatives
Corticosteroids
Oxygen therapy
Diuretics
Antibiotics

Question 8

Palliative Care:

N/V Management

Answer 8

• Prochlorperazine
• Dexamethasone
• Metaclopromide

Question 9

Palliative Care:

Restlessness

Answer 9

Haloperidol

Question 10

Palliative Care:

Seizure Management

Answer 10

• Benzodiazepine

- Barbiturates (phenobarbital)