HONDROS NUR 212 EXAM 1QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST
2025/2026
Interprofessional team members in palliative care - CORRECT
ANSWERS - Medicine
Nursing
Social work
Dietician
Clergy
What is palliative care? - CORRECT ANSWERS - Provide comfort care
for patients with life long illnesses.
*curative treatment*
-improves quality of life
-decreases health care costs
-alleviates burden of care
Why is the need for palliative care increasing? - CORRECT ANSWERS -
Baby boomers
Demographic changes (new technology)
,What is hospice? - CORRECT ANSWERS - End of life comfort care (may
include palliative care to)
-Live fully
-Live comfortably
-Die with dignity
Why is hospice care underutilized? - CORRECT ANSWERS - Lack of
information
-Physician feels like they failed
-Patients/family are scared and they do not understand how hospice
works
-Cultural and ethical groups that do not want outsiders to take care of
dying family member
-Feel like they are giving up
Do patient need to be actively dying to need hospice treatment? -
CORRECT ANSWERS - No, hospice includes patients who typically have
less than 6 months to live.
Most common hospice diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWERS - Cancer
Heart disease
,Average hospice stay - CORRECT ANSWERS - 21 days
What does hospice care focus on? - CORRECT ANSWERS - -Pain control
-Symptom management
-Spiritual assessment
-Family assessment/management of needs
Barriers to hospice - CORRECT ANSWERS - -Veterans
-Homeless patients
-Poverty
-Institutionalized
-Disabled
What 2 things are required before being admitted to hospice? -
CORRECT ANSWERS - 1. Patient must have desire for hospice
2. Agree in writing that only hospice care will be used
How many physicians need to sign off on initial hospice admit? -
CORRECT ANSWERS - 2 physicians for initial 6 month admission
1 physician for 6 months thereafter
, What are advanced directives? - CORRECT ANSWERS - Legal directives
that state your medical decisions regarding of life.
-also called a living will
-patient must understand what is going on in order to make advanced
directive decisions
Healthcare planning - CORRECT ANSWERS - Does the patient want
CPR?
Willing to be on a ventilator?
Artificial feeding?
Just strictly comfort care?
Durable Power of Attorney - CORRECT ANSWERS - Legal agreement
that allows an agent or representative of the patient to act on behalf of
the patient
DNRCC - CORRECT ANSWERS - Do Not Resuscitate Comfort Care
-Patient receives care that eases pain, but no resuscitation measures are
taken to save life
(VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST
2025/2026
Interprofessional team members in palliative care - CORRECT
ANSWERS - Medicine
Nursing
Social work
Dietician
Clergy
What is palliative care? - CORRECT ANSWERS - Provide comfort care
for patients with life long illnesses.
*curative treatment*
-improves quality of life
-decreases health care costs
-alleviates burden of care
Why is the need for palliative care increasing? - CORRECT ANSWERS -
Baby boomers
Demographic changes (new technology)
,What is hospice? - CORRECT ANSWERS - End of life comfort care (may
include palliative care to)
-Live fully
-Live comfortably
-Die with dignity
Why is hospice care underutilized? - CORRECT ANSWERS - Lack of
information
-Physician feels like they failed
-Patients/family are scared and they do not understand how hospice
works
-Cultural and ethical groups that do not want outsiders to take care of
dying family member
-Feel like they are giving up
Do patient need to be actively dying to need hospice treatment? -
CORRECT ANSWERS - No, hospice includes patients who typically have
less than 6 months to live.
Most common hospice diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWERS - Cancer
Heart disease
,Average hospice stay - CORRECT ANSWERS - 21 days
What does hospice care focus on? - CORRECT ANSWERS - -Pain control
-Symptom management
-Spiritual assessment
-Family assessment/management of needs
Barriers to hospice - CORRECT ANSWERS - -Veterans
-Homeless patients
-Poverty
-Institutionalized
-Disabled
What 2 things are required before being admitted to hospice? -
CORRECT ANSWERS - 1. Patient must have desire for hospice
2. Agree in writing that only hospice care will be used
How many physicians need to sign off on initial hospice admit? -
CORRECT ANSWERS - 2 physicians for initial 6 month admission
1 physician for 6 months thereafter
, What are advanced directives? - CORRECT ANSWERS - Legal directives
that state your medical decisions regarding of life.
-also called a living will
-patient must understand what is going on in order to make advanced
directive decisions
Healthcare planning - CORRECT ANSWERS - Does the patient want
CPR?
Willing to be on a ventilator?
Artificial feeding?
Just strictly comfort care?
Durable Power of Attorney - CORRECT ANSWERS - Legal agreement
that allows an agent or representative of the patient to act on behalf of
the patient
DNRCC - CORRECT ANSWERS - Do Not Resuscitate Comfort Care
-Patient receives care that eases pain, but no resuscitation measures are
taken to save life
