nursing questions and answers 2025/2026
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hospice - Answer care of a dying patient
hospice nursing is based on a __ - Answer time frame
- last 6 months of life normally
palliative care is defined as - Answer symptom management with focus on care coordination and
comprehensive support
- "comfort measures"
it is essential to work with __ in provision of care to individual client with home health nursing - Answer
family
family is defined by - Answer individual and includes any caregiver or significant person who assists
client at home
direct patient care provided with family caregiving (4) - Answer - personal hygiene
- meal prep
- med admin
- treatments
home care was included as a benefit for medicare enrollees in - Answer 1965
home health nursing is a specialty area of nursing practice that promotes __ - Answer optimal health
and well-being for patients, families and caregivers
home health nursing uses a __ - Answer holistic approach
, home health nursing aimed at - Answer empowering patient, families and caregivers to achieve the
highest levels of physical, functional, spiritual and psychosocial health
main purpose of home health nursing - Answer help clients and families to achieve improved health and
independence in safe environment
similarities of hospice and palliative care (9) - Answer - client focused/consumer engagement approach
- holistic
- ebp
- ethics emphasis
- communication
- interprof collabs
- care coordination
- focus on transition of care
- symptom management, pain relief and comfort
primary differences between hospice and palliative care are related to (3) - Answer - reimbursement
requirements
- length of care
- intensity of services
palliative care is __ term occurring over __ - Answer - broad
- long time period
hospice is a __ with a __ - Answer - subset
- short time period
palliative care __ quality of life by dealing with suffering - Answer optimizes