NUR 520 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 | PRACTICE QUESTIONS, VERIFIED ANSWERS
& COMPREHENSIVE GRADUATE NURSING REVIEW
Priorities when caring for a dying patient and plan of care. - ANS ✔✔- physical comfort
- mental/ emotional needs
- spiritual needs
- practical tasks
Advanced Directive (AD) - ANS ✔✔-durable power of attorney in healthcare (DPOAHC)
- a legal document in which an individual gives written instructions expressing his or her wishes
regarding health care in the event that person can no longer make those decisions.
Living will (LW) - ANS ✔✔what one wants, or does not want, if near death
Hospice Care - ANS ✔✔- model for quality, compassionate care for people facing life-limiting
illness or injury
- often provided to those with terminal cancer, dementia, end-stage COPD, cardiac disease,
neurologic disease
Palliative Care - ANS ✔✔- philosophy of care for people with life-threatening disease
- goal is to improve quality of life for patient and family
Alternative complementary therapies - ANS ✔✔- massage
- music therapy
- therapeutic touch
- guided imagery
- aromatherapy
& COMPREHENSIVE GRADUATE NURSING REVIEW
Priorities when caring for a dying patient and plan of care. - ANS ✔✔- physical comfort
- mental/ emotional needs
- spiritual needs
- practical tasks
Advanced Directive (AD) - ANS ✔✔-durable power of attorney in healthcare (DPOAHC)
- a legal document in which an individual gives written instructions expressing his or her wishes
regarding health care in the event that person can no longer make those decisions.
Living will (LW) - ANS ✔✔what one wants, or does not want, if near death
Hospice Care - ANS ✔✔- model for quality, compassionate care for people facing life-limiting
illness or injury
- often provided to those with terminal cancer, dementia, end-stage COPD, cardiac disease,
neurologic disease
Palliative Care - ANS ✔✔- philosophy of care for people with life-threatening disease
- goal is to improve quality of life for patient and family
Alternative complementary therapies - ANS ✔✔- massage
- music therapy
- therapeutic touch
- guided imagery
- aromatherapy