Final exam Flashcards
What would you see a decrease of before death
Activity
Interest
Temp
BP
Breathing regularity
What are the three phases of death
Agonal
Clinical death
Mortality
What is the agonal phase
First phase of death - the process of actually dying
What is the clinical death phase
No vital signs, but you can be resuscitated
What is the mortality stage of death
Permanent death - no vital signs and cannot be brought back
Is there a lot of honesty surrounding death? why
No, doctors dont want to give up on treatments or the patients
Is the fear of death common
Yes
Death anxiety ____ with age
Declines
When is death anxiety the lowest
Late adulthood
What gender is more anxious about death
Women
What commitments can limit death anxiety
Spirituality/religious
Do you often see death anxiety in children
NO
What scale measures death anxiety by rating a scale of questions from 1-5
Collett lester fear of death scale
What does a higher score on the CL-R indicate
More death anxiety
What test measures death anxiety with T/F statemtns
Templer’s Death anxiety scale
What did kubler ross come up with
The stages of dying
What are the 5 stages of dying
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
Why is kubler ross’s stages of dying controversial
We shouldnt push people to acceptance, nor does everyone reach every stage
What consequences of simplistic interpretation of the 5 stages of death have
HCP can try to puss patients through the stages
HCP might dismiss a dying patient’s concerns
What is an appropriate death
One that makes sense in the terms of the person’s patterns of living and values
Free of suffering as possible
What were the results of the music in palliative care experiment
less anxiety in experimental group
Less fatigue following sessions
What can music do for those in palliative care
Uplift and stimulate patients
Can enhance pain medication effects
Passive euthanasia
Life saving treatment is withheld allowing patient to die naturally
Voluntary active euthanasia
Doctors act directly to end suffering before a natural end to life
Assisted suicide
Doctors prescribe drugs so that terminally ill can end their own lives
What is the benefit to assisted suicide over voluntary active euthanasia
Allows patients control, better in case they change their mind since theyre taking it themselves
What are the three tasks associated with grief
Accepting the reality of loss
Working through the pain
Adjusting to the world wihtout a LO
Avoidance
Shock and disbelief when hearing about death
Emotional anesthesia
gives our bodies a bit of time to adjust, you dont feel anything at first
Confrontation
Confronting reality of loss,
What stage of grief has the most intense grief
Confrontation
What stage of grief do people learn to overcome loneliness and restart their lives
Restoration
Restoration
stage of grief do people learn to overcome loneliness and restart their lives
Confronting reality of loss, widest range of emotions
Confrontation