nur 310 - loss, grief, and dying questions with complete
solutions
after body viewed by family Correct Answer • Determine
which personal items stay with the body; document all items
taken and to whom they were given
• Identification tags put on body
• Body secured with soft gauze & enclosed in shroud
• ID put on outside of shroud
• Body sent to morgue or mortician will be called to pick up the
body from patient's room
algor mortis Correct Answer Decrease of body temperature
anticipatory loss Correct Answer condition in which a person
displays loss and grief behaviors for a loss that has yet to take
place
autopsy considerations Correct Answer • Performed for
advancement of scientific knowledge or as law requirement
• Follow facility policy regarding tubes (usually left in place)
• Consent required
• Documentation and Form completion
• Name of provider who pronounced death; time of death
• Consideration & preparation for organ donation
• Description of tubes/lines left in or on body
• Disposition of personal articles
• Who was notified, any decisions made
• Location of identification tags
• Time body left facility and destination
, bereavement Correct Answer state of grieving from loss of a
loved one
chronic disease in america Correct Answer - 6 in 10 adults in
the US have a chronic disease
- 4 in 10 adults in the US have two or more
- $3.5 trillion spent in annual health care costs
conclusion Correct Answer Family members will always
remember the last days, hours, and minutes of their loved one's
life. Nurses have a unique opportunity to be invited to spend
these precious moments with them and to make those moments
memorable in a positive way.
cultural considerations Correct Answer • Beliefs, values,
traditions, and practices of a culture
• Culturally defined, health-related needs of individuals,
families, and communities
• Some prefer "peaceful death" at home
• Some prefer a "worry free death" & do not reveal prognosis to
dying client
• Ideas about death - good death, bad death, reincarnation
• Culturally based belief systems of the etiology of illness and
disease and those related to health and healing
• Traditional or folk healers
• Treatment options
• Preparation of body
• Autopsy & organ donation
• Attitudes toward seeking help from health care providers
solutions
after body viewed by family Correct Answer • Determine
which personal items stay with the body; document all items
taken and to whom they were given
• Identification tags put on body
• Body secured with soft gauze & enclosed in shroud
• ID put on outside of shroud
• Body sent to morgue or mortician will be called to pick up the
body from patient's room
algor mortis Correct Answer Decrease of body temperature
anticipatory loss Correct Answer condition in which a person
displays loss and grief behaviors for a loss that has yet to take
place
autopsy considerations Correct Answer • Performed for
advancement of scientific knowledge or as law requirement
• Follow facility policy regarding tubes (usually left in place)
• Consent required
• Documentation and Form completion
• Name of provider who pronounced death; time of death
• Consideration & preparation for organ donation
• Description of tubes/lines left in or on body
• Disposition of personal articles
• Who was notified, any decisions made
• Location of identification tags
• Time body left facility and destination
, bereavement Correct Answer state of grieving from loss of a
loved one
chronic disease in america Correct Answer - 6 in 10 adults in
the US have a chronic disease
- 4 in 10 adults in the US have two or more
- $3.5 trillion spent in annual health care costs
conclusion Correct Answer Family members will always
remember the last days, hours, and minutes of their loved one's
life. Nurses have a unique opportunity to be invited to spend
these precious moments with them and to make those moments
memorable in a positive way.
cultural considerations Correct Answer • Beliefs, values,
traditions, and practices of a culture
• Culturally defined, health-related needs of individuals,
families, and communities
• Some prefer "peaceful death" at home
• Some prefer a "worry free death" & do not reveal prognosis to
dying client
• Ideas about death - good death, bad death, reincarnation
• Culturally based belief systems of the etiology of illness and
disease and those related to health and healing
• Traditional or folk healers
• Treatment options
• Preparation of body
• Autopsy & organ donation
• Attitudes toward seeking help from health care providers
