Loss, Grief And Dying

Question 0

Difficulty talking or swallowing, Abdominal distention, urinary or bowel incontinence, loss of movement, decreasing body temp, noisy respirations, slow or irregular pulse, decreasing BP, restlessness or agitation

Answer 0

Signs of impending death

Question 1

A death that allows a person to die on his or her own terms, relatively free of pain with dignity

Answer 1

A good death

Question 2

Stages of grieving

Answer 2

denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance

Question 3

An illness in which death is expected within a limited space of time, the physician is usually responsible for deciding what when and how the patient should be told

Answer 3

Terminal illness

Question 4

Taking care of the whole person holistically. the goal is to give patients with life-threatening illnesses the best quality of life they can have by the aggressive management of symptoms

Answer 4

Palliative care

Question 5

Indicates the goal of treatment is a comfortable, dignified death and that further life-sustaining measures are no longer indicated

Answer 5

Comfort measures only order

Question 6

Gradual withdrawal of mechanical ventilation from a patient with a terminal illness or an irreversible condition with a poor prognosis

Answer 6

Terminal weaning

Question 7

Taking specific steps to cause a patient’s death

Answer 7

Active euthanasia

Question 8

Withdrawing medical treatment with the intention of causing the patient’s death

Answer 8

Passive euthanasia

Question 9

The clinician provides the patient with the means to cause his or her own death

Answer 9

Assisted suicide