Hospice & Palliative Care fully
solved & updated 2025-
2026(100% accuracy)
What is Palliative care? - answer Any form of care of treatment that
focuses on reducing the severity of the disease symptoms, rather than
trying to delay or reverse the progression of the disease or provide a cure.
What are the goals for Palliative Care? (2) - answer 1) Prevent suffering 2)
improve quality of life for patients with serious, life-limiting illnesses
Who is palliative care for? - answer For patients and their families during
any stage of a life-limiting illness, acute, chronic or terminal
What is Hospice Care? - answer A concept of care that provides
compassion concern & support for the dying
What does hospice do? - answer Provides support and care for persons in
the last phases of a terminal disease so they might live as fully &
comfortable as possible.
What is the major difference between palliative and hospice care? -
answer Palliative care allows a person to simultaneously receive curative
& palliative treatments. Hospice is provide once a person decides to forgo
curative treatments.
What are the two criteria for admissions to hospice? - answer 1)Pt. must
desire the services and agree in writing that only hospice care (not
curative care) can be used to treat their terminal illness.
2) Pt. must be considered eligible for hospice by having a physician certify
the pt.'s prognosis is terminal w/ less then 6 mo. to live.
, EOL (End of Life) care provides what 4 things? - answer 1) comfort &
supportive care during the dying process
2) improve the quality of the pt's remaining life
3) help ensure a dignified death
4) provide emotional support to the family.
What happens to metabolism in EOL process - answer it is reduced
In the EOL process the body slows down - answer all functions until they
stop
What can happen with respiration's in the EOL process? - answer They may
be rapid or slow, shallow and irregular
During the EOL process breath sounds can? - answer become wet and
noisy both audibly and on auscultation (death rattle)
What causes the death rattle? - answer Mouth breathing and a mucus
buildup
What are Cheyne-Stokes respiration's? - answer A pattern of breathing
characterized by alternating periods of apnea & death, rapid breathing.
A few minutes after respiration's stop - answer the heart stops beating
What is bereavement? - answer The period following the death of a loved
one. Grief is experienced & mourning occurs ((The state of loss))
What is grief? - answer The normal reaction to loss.
Kubler Ross model of grief - answer (DABDA) 1) Denial 2) Anger 3)
Bargaining 4) Depression 5) Acceptance
solved & updated 2025-
2026(100% accuracy)
What is Palliative care? - answer Any form of care of treatment that
focuses on reducing the severity of the disease symptoms, rather than
trying to delay or reverse the progression of the disease or provide a cure.
What are the goals for Palliative Care? (2) - answer 1) Prevent suffering 2)
improve quality of life for patients with serious, life-limiting illnesses
Who is palliative care for? - answer For patients and their families during
any stage of a life-limiting illness, acute, chronic or terminal
What is Hospice Care? - answer A concept of care that provides
compassion concern & support for the dying
What does hospice do? - answer Provides support and care for persons in
the last phases of a terminal disease so they might live as fully &
comfortable as possible.
What is the major difference between palliative and hospice care? -
answer Palliative care allows a person to simultaneously receive curative
& palliative treatments. Hospice is provide once a person decides to forgo
curative treatments.
What are the two criteria for admissions to hospice? - answer 1)Pt. must
desire the services and agree in writing that only hospice care (not
curative care) can be used to treat their terminal illness.
2) Pt. must be considered eligible for hospice by having a physician certify
the pt.'s prognosis is terminal w/ less then 6 mo. to live.
, EOL (End of Life) care provides what 4 things? - answer 1) comfort &
supportive care during the dying process
2) improve the quality of the pt's remaining life
3) help ensure a dignified death
4) provide emotional support to the family.
What happens to metabolism in EOL process - answer it is reduced
In the EOL process the body slows down - answer all functions until they
stop
What can happen with respiration's in the EOL process? - answer They may
be rapid or slow, shallow and irregular
During the EOL process breath sounds can? - answer become wet and
noisy both audibly and on auscultation (death rattle)
What causes the death rattle? - answer Mouth breathing and a mucus
buildup
What are Cheyne-Stokes respiration's? - answer A pattern of breathing
characterized by alternating periods of apnea & death, rapid breathing.
A few minutes after respiration's stop - answer the heart stops beating
What is bereavement? - answer The period following the death of a loved
one. Grief is experienced & mourning occurs ((The state of loss))
What is grief? - answer The normal reaction to loss.
Kubler Ross model of grief - answer (DABDA) 1) Denial 2) Anger 3)
Bargaining 4) Depression 5) Acceptance
