1. A useful scale for staging individuals with dementia and determining the possible need for palliative care is 2. Significant depression and a desire to hasten death in a terminally ill older adult are 3. The use of feeding tubes, either nasogastric or percutaneous, at the end of life 4. The principles of palliative care include all of the following EXCEPT 5. In patients using chronic opioid analgesia for significant pain, the need to increase dosage over time to achieve adequate a...

NURS 6540 WEEK 11 QUIZ – QUESTION AND ANSWERS A useful scale for staging individuals with dementia and determining the possible need for palliative care is a. The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) b. The Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE) c. The Reisberg Functional Assessment Staging (FAST) scale d. The Mini-Cog™ Screen for dementia Significant depression and a desire to hasten death in a terminally ill older adult are a. A normal consequence of aging and illness b. A r...