NRSG 2500 Unit 14 Questions With Complete Solutions
True or false: to provide effective patient- and family-centered
care at the end-of-life, nurses must be willing to set aside their
own assumptions and attitudes so that they can discover what
type and amount of disclosure is most meaningful to each
patient and family within their unique belief systems.
true
True or false: the nurse should assess and document the patient's
and family's specific beliefs, preferences, and practices
regarding end-of-life care, preparation for death, and after-death
rituals.
true
True or false: a wide range of feelings and behaviors are normal,
adaptive, and healthy reactions to the loss of a loved one.
true
__________ refers to the personal feelings that accompany an
anticipated or actual loss
grief
__________ refers to individual, family, group, and cultural
expressions of grief and associated behaviors
mourning
__________ refers to the period of time during which mourning
for a loss takes place.
,bereavement
true or false: both grief reactions and mourning behaviors
change over time as people learn to live with the loss
true
True or false: although the pain of the loss may be tempered by
the passage of time, loss is an ongoing developmental process,
and time does not heal the bereaved person completely. That is,
the bereaved do not get over a loss entirely, nor do they return to
who they were before the loss. Rather, they develop a new sense
of who they are and where they fit in a world that has changed
dramatically and permanently.
true
People experience grief in different ways. Kubler-Ross
originally described five stages of grief. What are they?
(1) denial, (2) anger, (3) bargaining, (4) depression, and (5)
acceptance
True or false: grieving is not a linear process and many more
emotions may be present than previously identified by Kubler-
Ross (5 stages of grief). People may feel conflicting emotions,
such as hope and guilt when thinking about the future, at the
same time.
true
The __________ assumes fluidity in bereavement and
normalizes the individual experience by offering that people will
, experience competing and complicated emotions after the death
of a loved one.
Dual Process Model
True or false: each person copes in their own way as there is no
right way to cope
true
Acknowledging and expressing feelings, continuing to interact
with the patient in meaningful ways, the planning for the time of
death and bereavement are __________.
adaptive family behaviors
True or false: professional support provided by grief counselors,
whether in the community, at a local hospital, in the long-term
care facility, or associated with a hospice program, can help both
the patient and the family sort out and acknowledge feelings and
make the end-of-life as meaningful as possible.
true
When a loved one dies, family members enter a new phase of
grief and mourning as they begin to:
accept the loss, feel the pain of permanent separation, and
prepare to live a life without the deceased
True or false: even if the loved one dies after a long illness,
preparatory grief experienced during the terminal illness does
not preclude the grief and mourning that follow the death.
true
True or false: to provide effective patient- and family-centered
care at the end-of-life, nurses must be willing to set aside their
own assumptions and attitudes so that they can discover what
type and amount of disclosure is most meaningful to each
patient and family within their unique belief systems.
true
True or false: the nurse should assess and document the patient's
and family's specific beliefs, preferences, and practices
regarding end-of-life care, preparation for death, and after-death
rituals.
true
True or false: a wide range of feelings and behaviors are normal,
adaptive, and healthy reactions to the loss of a loved one.
true
__________ refers to the personal feelings that accompany an
anticipated or actual loss
grief
__________ refers to individual, family, group, and cultural
expressions of grief and associated behaviors
mourning
__________ refers to the period of time during which mourning
for a loss takes place.
,bereavement
true or false: both grief reactions and mourning behaviors
change over time as people learn to live with the loss
true
True or false: although the pain of the loss may be tempered by
the passage of time, loss is an ongoing developmental process,
and time does not heal the bereaved person completely. That is,
the bereaved do not get over a loss entirely, nor do they return to
who they were before the loss. Rather, they develop a new sense
of who they are and where they fit in a world that has changed
dramatically and permanently.
true
People experience grief in different ways. Kubler-Ross
originally described five stages of grief. What are they?
(1) denial, (2) anger, (3) bargaining, (4) depression, and (5)
acceptance
True or false: grieving is not a linear process and many more
emotions may be present than previously identified by Kubler-
Ross (5 stages of grief). People may feel conflicting emotions,
such as hope and guilt when thinking about the future, at the
same time.
true
The __________ assumes fluidity in bereavement and
normalizes the individual experience by offering that people will
, experience competing and complicated emotions after the death
of a loved one.
Dual Process Model
True or false: each person copes in their own way as there is no
right way to cope
true
Acknowledging and expressing feelings, continuing to interact
with the patient in meaningful ways, the planning for the time of
death and bereavement are __________.
adaptive family behaviors
True or false: professional support provided by grief counselors,
whether in the community, at a local hospital, in the long-term
care facility, or associated with a hospice program, can help both
the patient and the family sort out and acknowledge feelings and
make the end-of-life as meaningful as possible.
true
When a loved one dies, family members enter a new phase of
grief and mourning as they begin to:
accept the loss, feel the pain of permanent separation, and
prepare to live a life without the deceased
True or false: even if the loved one dies after a long illness,
preparatory grief experienced during the terminal illness does
not preclude the grief and mourning that follow the death.
true
