6 Written Questions

1. withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy with the understanding that death may result, generally after adecision is made that the therapy in question is medically futile or disproportionately burdensome
2. illness from which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery or cure
3. condition in which a person displays loss and grief behaviors for a loss that has yet to take place
4. an order written to indicate that the goal of treatment is a comfortable, dignified death and that further lifesustaining measures are no longer indicated
5. termination of life
6. inaccessibility or change in a valued person, object, or situation.

6 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (hospice care), taking care of the whole person—body, mind, spirit, heart and soul—with the goal of giving patients with life-threatening illnesses the best quality of life they can have through the aggressive management of symptoms
   1. palliative care
   2. perceived loss
   3. bereaved
   4. actual loss
2. a type of end-of-life care for persons who are terminally ill
   1. hospice
   2. loss
   3. grief
   4. mourning
3. abnormal or distorted grief that may be either unresolved(lengthy or denied grief reaction) or inhibited (suppression of grief reaction)
   1. actual loss
   2. grief
   3. dysfunctional grief
   4. euthanasia
4. period during which a person learns to accept grief
   1. hospice
   2. loss
   3. grief
   4. mourning
5. state of grieving or going through the grief process
   1. hospice
   2. death
   3. bereaved
   4. grief
6. an order specifying that there be no attempt to resuscitate a patient in the event of cardiopulmonary arrest
   1. comfort-measures-only order
   2. palliative care
   3. dysfunctional grief
   4. do-not-resuscitate order

6 True/False Questions

1. active euthanasia → mercy killing; the deliberate termination of the life of a person

   True        False

2. perceived loss → loss of youth, of financial independence, and of a valued environment experienced by a person, but intangible to others

   True        False

3. euthanasia → mercy killing; the deliberate termination of the life of a person

   True        False

4. actual loss → inaccessibility or change in a valued person, object, or situation.

   True        False

5. grief → emotional response to loss.

   True        False

6. advance directive → (hospice care), taking care of the whole person—body, mind, spirit, heart and soul—with the goal of giving patients with life-threatening illnesses the best quality of life they can have through the aggressive management of symptoms

   True        False