Select the correct answer.

Which of the following statements is NOT true about hospice and the palliative care it provides? a. Hospice care can be provided in a hospital or in your home. b. Palliative care cannot cure anything. c. The main purpose of hospice is to alleviate pain and make you comfortable until you die. d. Hospice care does not charge the patient any fees. e. Hospice provides emotional support to the patient’s family as well.

Norman is facing imminent death. If he can choose, he will likely want to die:

A. at home.
B. in a hospice/palliative care facility.
C. in a hospital.
D. in a nursing home.

Palliative care is delivered by an interprofessional team. What role will each of the following professionals play in P.C.'s care?

What are the 5 principles of palliative care?

What is palliative treatment?

What is the purpose of hospice care?

What is the palliative care team's primary obligation for the patient with severe pain?

1. Providing postmortem care.
2. Teaching about grief stages.
3. Enhancing the patient's quality of life.
4. Supporting the family after the death.

What is a hospice designed to do? What types of people might live in a hospice?

Which of the following statements about hospice care is TRUE? Multiple Choice

A) Hospice care emphasizes the need to limit the administration of painkillers to terminally ill patients.

B) Hospice care mainly emphasizes efforts to cure an illness.

C) Hospice care focuses on efforts to prolong life.

D) Hospice care emphasizes palliative care.

George is dying of pancreatic cancer. His wife and ad ult children are asking about using hospice. Help George's family make an informed decision by describing hospice care.

Circle the correct answer.

Which of the following statements is NOT true about hospice and the palliative care it provides?

a. Hospice care can be provided in a hospital or in your home.

b. Palliative care cannot cure anything.

c. The main purpose of hospice is to alleviate pain and make you comfortable until you die.

d. Hospice care does not charge the patient any fees.

e. Hospice provides emotional support to the patient's family as well.

A health care program for dying persons is a
a Hospice
b home care agency
c Skilled nursing facility
d Hospital

A nurse questions the staff about a change in a client’s plan of care. What does this demonstrate?

You are caring for a patient that has had surgery and now has an order for elastic stockings. The patient was alert and oriented before surgery but is a little confused at this time. She keeps rolling her stockings down and twisting them. Is this an issue?