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Medical care of those with illnesses interfering with
their quality of life
What is palliative care?
includes:
symptom management and curative treatment

medical care provided only to patients with less than
6 months to live
What is hospice care?

symtom management ONLY

Hospice: terminal illness, final 6 months of life, pain
management only, anywhere you call home, doctors,
nurses, social workers, chaplains, dietitians
What are some
differences of hospice and
palliative: serious but not necessarily terminal illness,
palliative care?
anytime, pain management and curative treatment,
anywhere you call home, doctors, nurses, social
workers, chaplains, dietitians

What is another term for respite care
hospice care?

What parts of life does All parts: physical, spiritual, psychological, and social
pain affect?

1. physiological
What is the order of 2. safety
maslow's hierarchy of 3. love/belonging
needs? 4. esteem
5. self-actualization

, What part of maslow's Technically all of it, but physical needs
hierarchy of needs can
nurses impact the most?

What should you assess pain, labored breathing, mottling, decreased urine
for at the end of life? output

What is Cheyne-Stokes? abnormal breathing pattern (often at the end of life)

What is a miscarriage? Spontaneous loss of pregnancy before the 20th week

cramping and pain in your lower abdomen, discharge
What are symptoms of a
of fluid from your vagina, discharge of tissue from
miscarriage?
your vagina

What is a rainbow baby? A baby born after the parents have a pregnancy loss

What are typical Frequent nosebleeds, sensitivity to smells, tender
symptoms of pregnancy? breasts, migraines, pubic pain, gi issues

Sudden, sharp vaginal or pelvic pain from the baby
What is lightning crotch?
putting pressure on the nerves around the uterus

What is another term for hyperemesis gravidarum
morning sickness?

A measurement of the pH of the amniotic fluid to test
What is the fern test?
to see if your water truly broke

What is variable combines light shallow breathing with a periodic
breathing? longer and more pronounced exhalation

What is the leading cause postpartum hemorrhage
of maternal morbidity in
the US?

feelings of sadness after having a baby; go away on
What are baby blues?
their own after 10-14 days

What is post-partum depression that occurs after childbirth, past 14 days
depression?

What are treatments for therapy, medication:SSRIs, self care
post-partum depression?

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