HARTMAN'S NURSING ASSISTANT
CARE CHAPTER 23 QUIZ QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Terminal illness -Answer-A disease or condition that will eventually cause death
Grief -Answer-Deep distress or sorrow over a loss
Hearing -Answer-The last sense to usually leave the body is
Hospice care -Answer-Special care a dying person needs
Palliative care -Answer-Care that focuses on the comfort, pain relief, and dignity of a
person who is dying
Cheyne-stokes -Answer-Alternating periods of slow, irregular respirations and Rapid,
shallow respirations
Rigormortis -Answer-After death the muscles in the body become stiff and rigid this
is called
Postmortem care -Answer-Care of the body after death
Cremation -Answer-Burning of the body until it reduces to ashes
Residents who are dying -Answer-Hospice is the term for Compassionate Care given
to
Participate in their own care as much as possible -Answer-Hospice Care encourages
residents to
Stiff and rigid -Answer-After death, the muscles in the body become
Under the perineal area -Answer-After death the nursing assistant should place pads
under the body...these pads are most often needed in what area?
Let them do so -Answer-If family members would like to remain with their loved one's
body after death the nursing assistant should
We need to honor them -Answer-What's important about a residents Bill of Rights?
Culture -Answer-What influences attitude?
Body language -Answer-If you observe diminished senses your going to observe for
what?
CARE CHAPTER 23 QUIZ QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Terminal illness -Answer-A disease or condition that will eventually cause death
Grief -Answer-Deep distress or sorrow over a loss
Hearing -Answer-The last sense to usually leave the body is
Hospice care -Answer-Special care a dying person needs
Palliative care -Answer-Care that focuses on the comfort, pain relief, and dignity of a
person who is dying
Cheyne-stokes -Answer-Alternating periods of slow, irregular respirations and Rapid,
shallow respirations
Rigormortis -Answer-After death the muscles in the body become stiff and rigid this
is called
Postmortem care -Answer-Care of the body after death
Cremation -Answer-Burning of the body until it reduces to ashes
Residents who are dying -Answer-Hospice is the term for Compassionate Care given
to
Participate in their own care as much as possible -Answer-Hospice Care encourages
residents to
Stiff and rigid -Answer-After death, the muscles in the body become
Under the perineal area -Answer-After death the nursing assistant should place pads
under the body...these pads are most often needed in what area?
Let them do so -Answer-If family members would like to remain with their loved one's
body after death the nursing assistant should
We need to honor them -Answer-What's important about a residents Bill of Rights?
Culture -Answer-What influences attitude?
Body language -Answer-If you observe diminished senses your going to observe for
what?
