Foundations Ch 25

Question 1

When the aspect of self is no longer available to a person, that person suffers?

Answer 1

Loss

Question 2

Cessation of life

Answer 2

Death

Question 3

a patter of physical and emotional responses to bereavement, separation, or loss. it is a natural response to loss

Answer 3

Grief

Question 4

Adaptation process of mourning a loss

Answer 4

Grief Work

Question 5

the condition of being subject to death

Answer 5

Mortality

Question 6

mental health treatment aimed at helping a patient deal with the pain of loss; a program that assists the bereaved to cope with their loss

Answer 6

Grief Therapy

Question 7

is identified easily, such as a woman who has a mastectomy.

Answer 7

actual loss

Question 8

such as the loss of confidence or when a woman hope to give birth to a female child but delivers a male instead, is less obvious

Answer 8

Perceived loss

Question 9

a loss that results from normal life transitions examples:
the loss of childhood dreams
the loss felt by an adolescent when a romance fails
the loss felt when leaving childhood home for college or marriage establishing a home of one’s own
menopause
loss of hair, teeth, hearing, sight, and “youth”

Answer 9

Maturational loss

Question 10

a loss that occurs suddenly in response to a specific external event examples :
the sudden dent death of a beloved one
loss of a job can lead to a loss of self esteem

Answer 10

Situational loss

Question 11

any significant loss that necessitates adaption through grieving process

Answer 11

personal loss

Question 12

a common depressed reaction to a death of a beloved one

Answer 12

bereavement

Question 13

reaction activated by a person to assist in overcoming a great personal loss. refers to culturally defined patters for the expression of grief. Patters:
funerals
wakes
memorials
black dress
defined time of social withdrawals

Answer 13

Mourning

Question 14

the involuntary and unexpected reapperance of emotions and behaviors associated with grief. Example:
various triggers, eating at a restaurant or eating a certain food that triggers a memory of the deceased loved one may cause a

Answer 14

Grief attack

Question 15

a behavioral-oriented theory that includes five stages:

Answer 15

Kubler-Ross Stages of dying

Question 16

the individual acts though nothing has happened and may refuse to believe of understand loss has occured

Answer 16

Denial

Question 17

the individual resists the loss and my strike out at everyone and everything

Answer 17

Anger

Question 18

the individual postpones awareness of the reality of the loss and may try to deal in a subtle overt way as though the los can be prevented

Answer 18

Bargaining

Question 19

the individual feels overwhelmingly lonely and withdraws from interpersonal interaction

Answer 19

Depression

Question 20

the individual accepts the loss and looks to the future

Answer 20

Acceptance

Question 21

When a person has difficulty processing through the normal stages of grieving, bereavement becomes complicated. in these cases, bereavement appears to “go wrong” and loss never resolves, which threatens a person’s relationships with others. Includes four types:

Answer 21

Complicated Grief

Question 22

Active acute morning characterized by normal grief reactions that do not decrease but persist over long periods. People verbalize an inability to “get past” the grief

Answer 22

Chronic grief

Question 23

The rise by no more grief reactions that are suppressed or postponed. The survivor consciously or unconsciously avoids the pain of the loss. Active grieving is held back, only to resurface later, usually in response to a trivial loss or upset.

Answer 23

Delayed Grief

Question 24

People become overwhelmed by grief, and they cannot function. This is a reflection in the form of severe phobia or self-destructive behaviors such as alcoholism, substance abuse, or suicide.

Answer 24

Exaggerated Grief

Question 25

survivors are not aware that behaviors that interfere with normal functioning are a result of their loss.

Answer 25

Masked Grief

Question 26

to expect, await, or prepare for the loss of a family member or significant other

Answer 26

Anticipatory Grief

Question 27

Before an initial loss is resolved, it is compounded by an additional loss

Answer 27

Bereavement Overload

Question 28

unresolved Grief or complicated mourning

Answer 28

Complicated/Dysfunctional Grieving

Question 29

sometimes active, deliberate action is taken with the purpose of shortening life to end suffering or to carry out the wishes of a terminally ill patient

Answer 29

Euthanasia (Greek for easy death”

Question 30

permitting the death of a patient by withholding treatment that may extend life, such as medication, life support systems, or feeding tubes

Answer 30

Passive Euthanasia

Question 31

Assisting in such a death

Answer 31

Active Euthanasia

Question 32

(pediatric population) – More acceptable to parents. “Allow a
natural death” acknowledges that one is going to die and forgoes aggressive treatment

Answer 32

Allow Natural Death

Question 33

two types of advance directives

Answer 33

living wills and durable power of attorney

Question 34

the prevention, relief, reduction, or soothing of symptoms of disease or disorders without affecting a cure. Allows patients to make more informed choices, achieve better alleviation of symptoms, and have more opportunity to work on issues of life closure

Answer 34

Palliative Care

Question 35

Examination performed after a person’s death to confirm or determine the cause of death

Answer 35

Autopsy

Question 36

care for the patient’s body after death

Answer 36

Postmortem care

Question 37

person trained in the care of the dead

Answer 37

Mortician