NRSG 329 Pediatric Palliative Care and Pain Questions With Complete Solutions

What is Pediatric Palliative Care? correct answer: • Pediatric palliative care refers to caring for or comforting children living with progressive, life-threatening illnesses • Life-threatening illnesses are those conditions where survival to adulthood is a challenge. In a medical context, "palliative" means to care or to comfort, as opposed to curing - enhancing quality of life for kids and their familes wihth pain mangement and fulfilling their physical, psycholgical and spiritaul goals What aspects must be assessed for quality of life? correct answer: Physical well being, Psychological well being, social well being, and spiritual well being In order to maintain a quality of life that is what the patient and family sees as "quality" these things need to be addressed frequently to ensure that they are met in a way that is satisfactory to the patient and family. What are these things? correct answer: - Functional Ability - Strength/Fatigue - Sleep/nausea - appetite - constipation - pain What things should you assess for psychological quality of life? correct answer: - anxiety - depression - re - pain distress - happiness - fear