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NURS 5354 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS.
What is a common s/s days to weeks before death? - correct
answer -Drowsy, decreased urine output, dysphagia, transient
improvement, confusion
What is a common s/s weeks to months before death? - correct
answer -Weakness/debility and anorexia.
What is medical futility? - correct answer -The proposed therapy
will not improve the patient's medical condition.
What is qualitative futility? - correct answer -A situation in which
the quality of benefit an intervention will produce is poor.
What is physiologic futility? - correct answer -When the proposed
intervention cannot physiologically achieve the desired effect.
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What is quantitative futility? - correct answer -The intervention
that has a very small chance of benefiting the patient ("less than
1% chance of survival")
What is decisional competence and who is it determined by? -
correct answer -The ability of an individual to participate in legal
proceedings which is a legal designation made by the court of
law.
What is decisional capacity and who is it determined by? - correct
answer -An individual is or is not capable of making a medical
decision within a given situation and is determined by the
physician of other clinician.
What is the difference between euthanasia vs. physician-assisted
suicide? - correct answer -Euthanasia-the act of intentionally
ending a life to relieve suffering Ex: a lethal injection administered
by a doctor.
Physician-assisted suicide-the act of helping another person to kill
themselves Ex: providing patient with high dose sedative and
patient administers it.
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What behaviors can enhance patient (family) dignity? - correct
answer -Do not rush conversation, with the patient and/or family,
sitting down and make eye contact.
What is spirometry? - correct answer -A method of assessing lung
function by measuring volume of air that the patient can expel
from the lungs after maximal inspiration.
What is the gold standard for diagnosing COPD? - correct answer
-spirometry
When should spirometry be performed? - correct answer -When
COPD is suspected and in individuals over age 40 have chronic
cough, breathlessness, sputum production, frequent
exacerbations of bronchitis, and exposures to tobacco smoke,
occupational dusts, home cooking and biomass fuels.
What are the different types of spirometers? - correct answer -
Bellows/rolling seal spirometer-large, not portable and found
mostly in lung function labs.
Electronic desktop spirometer-compact, portable, real time display
with print out and found in primary care.
NURS 5354 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS.
What is a common s/s days to weeks before death? - correct
answer -Drowsy, decreased urine output, dysphagia, transient
improvement, confusion
What is a common s/s weeks to months before death? - correct
answer -Weakness/debility and anorexia.
What is medical futility? - correct answer -The proposed therapy
will not improve the patient's medical condition.
What is qualitative futility? - correct answer -A situation in which
the quality of benefit an intervention will produce is poor.
What is physiologic futility? - correct answer -When the proposed
intervention cannot physiologically achieve the desired effect.
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What is quantitative futility? - correct answer -The intervention
that has a very small chance of benefiting the patient ("less than
1% chance of survival")
What is decisional competence and who is it determined by? -
correct answer -The ability of an individual to participate in legal
proceedings which is a legal designation made by the court of
law.
What is decisional capacity and who is it determined by? - correct
answer -An individual is or is not capable of making a medical
decision within a given situation and is determined by the
physician of other clinician.
What is the difference between euthanasia vs. physician-assisted
suicide? - correct answer -Euthanasia-the act of intentionally
ending a life to relieve suffering Ex: a lethal injection administered
by a doctor.
Physician-assisted suicide-the act of helping another person to kill
themselves Ex: providing patient with high dose sedative and
patient administers it.
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What behaviors can enhance patient (family) dignity? - correct
answer -Do not rush conversation, with the patient and/or family,
sitting down and make eye contact.
What is spirometry? - correct answer -A method of assessing lung
function by measuring volume of air that the patient can expel
from the lungs after maximal inspiration.
What is the gold standard for diagnosing COPD? - correct answer
-spirometry
When should spirometry be performed? - correct answer -When
COPD is suspected and in individuals over age 40 have chronic
cough, breathlessness, sputum production, frequent
exacerbations of bronchitis, and exposures to tobacco smoke,
occupational dusts, home cooking and biomass fuels.
What are the different types of spirometers? - correct answer -
Bellows/rolling seal spirometer-large, not portable and found
mostly in lung function labs.
Electronic desktop spirometer-compact, portable, real time display
with print out and found in primary care.
