D400 HLTH 3300
End of Life Care
FA Review (Qns & Ans)
2025
1. What is the primary goal of palliative care?
a) Cure the underlying disease
b) Delay the progression of the disease
c) Provide comfort and improve quality of life
d) Prevent the onset of the disease
Correct ANS: c) Provide comfort and improve quality of life
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, Rationale: Palliative care focuses on relieving symptoms and
improving the quality of life for patients with serious illnesses,
rather than curing the disease.
2. Which of the following is a key component of hospice care?
a) Aggressive curative treatments
b) Lifelong monitoring
c) Symptom management and psychosocial support
d) Routine health screenings
Correct ANS: c) Symptom management and psychosocial
support
Rationale: Hospice care focuses on symptom management,
psychosocial support, and enhancing the quality of life for
patients nearing the end of life.
3. What is the significance of advance directives in end-of-life
care?
a) They provide nutritional guidelines
b) They outline legal consequences for non-compliance
c) They specify patients' wishes for medical treatment
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, d) They guarantee a specific outcome
Correct ANS: c) They specify patients' wishes for medical
treatment
Rationale: Advance directives are legal documents that
outline a patient's preferences for medical treatment and care in
situations where they are unable to make decisions.
Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
4. The __________ order is a medical directive that instructs
healthcare providers not to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR) if the patient stops breathing or their heart stops beating.
Correct ANS: do not resuscitate (DNR)
Rationale: A DNR order instructs healthcare providers not to
perform CPR on a patient in case of cardiac or respiratory arrest.
5. __________ pain is a type of pain that occurs despite the use
of analgesics and requires additional interventions for
management.
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, Correct ANS: Breakthrough
Rationale: Breakthrough pain is a transient exacerbation of
pain that occurs despite the use of analgesics and may require
additional treatment.
6. The interdisciplinary team approach in end-of-life care often
includes __________, who provide emotional and spiritual
support to patients and their families.
Correct ANS: chaplains or spiritual counselors
Rationale: Chaplains or spiritual counselors are members of
the interdisciplinary team who provide emotional and spiritual
support to patients and their families.
True/False Questions
7. True or False: The goal of symptom management in end-of-
life care is to achieve complete symptom relief.
Correct ANS: False
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End of Life Care
FA Review (Qns & Ans)
2025
1. What is the primary goal of palliative care?
a) Cure the underlying disease
b) Delay the progression of the disease
c) Provide comfort and improve quality of life
d) Prevent the onset of the disease
Correct ANS: c) Provide comfort and improve quality of life
©2025
, Rationale: Palliative care focuses on relieving symptoms and
improving the quality of life for patients with serious illnesses,
rather than curing the disease.
2. Which of the following is a key component of hospice care?
a) Aggressive curative treatments
b) Lifelong monitoring
c) Symptom management and psychosocial support
d) Routine health screenings
Correct ANS: c) Symptom management and psychosocial
support
Rationale: Hospice care focuses on symptom management,
psychosocial support, and enhancing the quality of life for
patients nearing the end of life.
3. What is the significance of advance directives in end-of-life
care?
a) They provide nutritional guidelines
b) They outline legal consequences for non-compliance
c) They specify patients' wishes for medical treatment
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, d) They guarantee a specific outcome
Correct ANS: c) They specify patients' wishes for medical
treatment
Rationale: Advance directives are legal documents that
outline a patient's preferences for medical treatment and care in
situations where they are unable to make decisions.
Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
4. The __________ order is a medical directive that instructs
healthcare providers not to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR) if the patient stops breathing or their heart stops beating.
Correct ANS: do not resuscitate (DNR)
Rationale: A DNR order instructs healthcare providers not to
perform CPR on a patient in case of cardiac or respiratory arrest.
5. __________ pain is a type of pain that occurs despite the use
of analgesics and requires additional interventions for
management.
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, Correct ANS: Breakthrough
Rationale: Breakthrough pain is a transient exacerbation of
pain that occurs despite the use of analgesics and may require
additional treatment.
6. The interdisciplinary team approach in end-of-life care often
includes __________, who provide emotional and spiritual
support to patients and their families.
Correct ANS: chaplains or spiritual counselors
Rationale: Chaplains or spiritual counselors are members of
the interdisciplinary team who provide emotional and spiritual
support to patients and their families.
True/False Questions
7. True or False: The goal of symptom management in end-of-
life care is to achieve complete symptom relief.
Correct ANS: False
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