ASSISTING WITH END-OF-LIFE CARE 2026/2027 | NURSING STUDY GUIDE,
PRACTICE QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & EXAM REVIEW
An advance directive is
a. The care plan
b. An order not to resuscitate the person
c. A document stating a person's wishes about health care when that person cannot
make such decisions
d. Also known as the "Do Not Resuscitate" order - ANS ✔✔C
Post-mortem means
a. A diagnosis of death
b. After death
c. Before death
d. The stiffness of skeletal muscles that occurs after death - ANS ✔✔B
Reincarnation is the belief that
a. The spirit or soul is reborn in another human body or in another form of life
b. The person is punished for sins and misdeeds in the afterlife
c. The body keeps its physical form in the afterlife
d. Life after death is free of suffering and hardship - ANS ✔✔A
Rigor mortis is
a. A diagnosis of death
b. After death
c. Before death
d. The stiffness or rigidity of skeletal muscles that occurs after death - ANS ✔✔D
A person has a terminal illness. This means that
a. The person will recover
b. The person will not likely recover
c. There is an end to the illness
d. The illness ends with a cure - ANS ✔✔B
The examination of the body after death is
a. Rigor mortis
b. Autopsy
c. Reincarnation
d. Resuscitation - ANS ✔✔B
Your feelings about death
a. Affect the care you give
b. Are shared with the dying person
c. Do not matter while at work
d. Are shared with the nurse - ANS ✔✔A
, Which statement concerning attitudes about death is incorrect?
a. They are influenced by culture and religion.
b. They are influenced by age.
c. They stay the same throughout adulthood.
d. They change as circumstances change. - ANS ✔✔C
Which age-group does not understand the nature of death?
a. Infants and toddlers
b. Children between the ages of 6 and 11 years
c. Adults
d. Older persons - ANS ✔✔A
Which age-group views death as temporary?
a. Infants and toddlers
b. Children between the ages of 2 and 6 years
c. Children between the ages of 6 and 11 years
d. Teenagers - ANS ✔✔B
Children between the ages of 6 and 11 years
a. Fully understand death
b. Learn that death is final
c. Fear pain and suffering
d. See death as reunion with those who have died - ANS ✔✔B
Why do dying adults often resent a terminal illness that results in death?
a. It invades privacy.
b. It causes pain and suffering.
c. It causes loneliness and separation from loved ones.
d. It affects plans, hopes, and dreams - ANS ✔✔D
Adults and older persons usually fear dying
a. Alone
b. At home
c. In a hospital
d. In a nursing center - ANS ✔✔A
According Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, the five stages of dying are
a. Denial, pain, sadness, bargaining, and acceptance
b. Denial, pain, acceptance, hospice, and death
c. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance
d. Denial, anger, sadness, hospice, and acceptance - ANS ✔✔C
A person was told that she has cancer and that it cannot be treated. The person insists that the
reports are wrong. What stage of dying is the person in?
a. Denial
b. Anger
c. Bargaining
d. Depression - ANS ✔✔A
PRACTICE QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & EXAM REVIEW
An advance directive is
a. The care plan
b. An order not to resuscitate the person
c. A document stating a person's wishes about health care when that person cannot
make such decisions
d. Also known as the "Do Not Resuscitate" order - ANS ✔✔C
Post-mortem means
a. A diagnosis of death
b. After death
c. Before death
d. The stiffness of skeletal muscles that occurs after death - ANS ✔✔B
Reincarnation is the belief that
a. The spirit or soul is reborn in another human body or in another form of life
b. The person is punished for sins and misdeeds in the afterlife
c. The body keeps its physical form in the afterlife
d. Life after death is free of suffering and hardship - ANS ✔✔A
Rigor mortis is
a. A diagnosis of death
b. After death
c. Before death
d. The stiffness or rigidity of skeletal muscles that occurs after death - ANS ✔✔D
A person has a terminal illness. This means that
a. The person will recover
b. The person will not likely recover
c. There is an end to the illness
d. The illness ends with a cure - ANS ✔✔B
The examination of the body after death is
a. Rigor mortis
b. Autopsy
c. Reincarnation
d. Resuscitation - ANS ✔✔B
Your feelings about death
a. Affect the care you give
b. Are shared with the dying person
c. Do not matter while at work
d. Are shared with the nurse - ANS ✔✔A
, Which statement concerning attitudes about death is incorrect?
a. They are influenced by culture and religion.
b. They are influenced by age.
c. They stay the same throughout adulthood.
d. They change as circumstances change. - ANS ✔✔C
Which age-group does not understand the nature of death?
a. Infants and toddlers
b. Children between the ages of 6 and 11 years
c. Adults
d. Older persons - ANS ✔✔A
Which age-group views death as temporary?
a. Infants and toddlers
b. Children between the ages of 2 and 6 years
c. Children between the ages of 6 and 11 years
d. Teenagers - ANS ✔✔B
Children between the ages of 6 and 11 years
a. Fully understand death
b. Learn that death is final
c. Fear pain and suffering
d. See death as reunion with those who have died - ANS ✔✔B
Why do dying adults often resent a terminal illness that results in death?
a. It invades privacy.
b. It causes pain and suffering.
c. It causes loneliness and separation from loved ones.
d. It affects plans, hopes, and dreams - ANS ✔✔D
Adults and older persons usually fear dying
a. Alone
b. At home
c. In a hospital
d. In a nursing center - ANS ✔✔A
According Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, the five stages of dying are
a. Denial, pain, sadness, bargaining, and acceptance
b. Denial, pain, acceptance, hospice, and death
c. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance
d. Denial, anger, sadness, hospice, and acceptance - ANS ✔✔C
A person was told that she has cancer and that it cannot be treated. The person insists that the
reports are wrong. What stage of dying is the person in?
a. Denial
b. Anger
c. Bargaining
d. Depression - ANS ✔✔A
