HONDROS NUR 212 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST 2025/2026

HONDROS NUR 212 EXAM 1QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST 2025/2026 Interprofessional team members in palliative care - CORRECT ANS Medicine Nursing Social work Dietician Clergy What is palliative care? - CORRECT ANS Provide comfort care for patients with lifelong illnesses. *curative treatment* -improves quality of life -decreases health care costs -alleviates burden of care Why is the need for palliative care increasing? - - CORRECT ANS Baby boomers Demographic changes (new technology) What is hospice? - CORRECT ANS End of life comfort care (may include palliative care to) -Live fully -Live comfortably -Die with dignity Why is hospice care underutilized? - CORRECT ANS Lack of information -Physician feels like they failed -Patients/family are scared and they do not understand how hospice works -Cultural and ethical groups that do not want outsiders to take care of dying family member -Feel like they are giving up Does patient need to be actively dying to need hospice treatment? - No, hospice includes patients who typically have less than 6 months to live. Most common hospice diagnosis - CORRECT ANS Cancer Heart disease Average hospice stay - CORRECT ANS 21 days What does hospice care focus on? - CORRECT ANS -Pain control -Symptom management -Spiritual assessment -Family assessment/management of needs Barriers to hospice - CORRECT ANS -Veterans -Homeless patients -Poverty -Institutionalized -Disabled What 2 things are required before being admitted to hospice? - CORRECT ANS 1. Patient must have desire for hospice 2. Agree in writing that only hospice care will be used How many physicians need to sign off on initial hospice admit? - CORRECT ANS 2 physicians for initial 6 month admission 1 physician for 6 months thereafter What are advanced directives? - CORRECT ANS Legal directives that state your medical decisions regarding of life. -also called a living will -patient must understand what is going on in order to make advanced directive decisions Healthcare planning - CORRECT ANS Does the patient want CPR? Willing to be on a ventilator? Artificial feeding? Just strictly comfort care? Durable Power of Attorney - CORRECT ANS Legal agreement that allows an agent or representative of the patient to act on behalf of the patient DNRCC - CORRECT ANS Do Not Resuscitate Comfort Care -Patient receives care that eases pain, but no resuscitation measures are taken to save life DNRCC-Arrest - CORRECT ANS Dying patient receives treatment including resuscitative efforts up until the time of cardiac or respiratory arrest Which diagnostic tool would the nurse expect to include in the plan of care for a patient who may have leukemia? A. BRCA studies B. Liver function test C. Bone marrow aspiration D. Estrogen and progesterone levels - CORRECT ANS C. Bone marrow aspiration Which tumor suppressor gene mutation would increase a patient's risk for liver cancer? A. APC gene B. p53 gene C. BRCA1 and BRCA2 D. Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) - CORRECT ANS B. p53 gene Which statement explains the primary protective role of the immune system related to malignant cells?