NU 665 NEUROLOGY QUESTIONS
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Hospice care --ANSWER-- holistic, compassionate care given to dying
people and their families.
utilizes Medicare Benefit with qualifying factor of 6 months or less
Palliative care --ANSWER-- multi-disciplinary approach to relief of
sufferring that can be provided at any point in a patient's illness.
Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) --ANSWER-- scale sued to
determine functionality sauce as ambulation, activity level, selfceare and
conscious level
Terminal illness --ANSWER-- a disease or condition that will
eventually cause death
End-stage heart disease --ANSWER-- EF less than or equal to 20%
dyspnea and or symptoms at rets or with minimal exertion
NYHA classes 3 and 4 with symptoms.
FAST scale --ANSWER-- scale utilized to qualify dementia patients for
hospice
End stage dementia --ANSWER-- Fast scale of 7E or above
Hospice referral --ANSWER--
Bell's Palsy --ANSWER-- temporary paralysis of the seventh cranial
nerve that causes paralysis only on the affected side of the face with onset
within 72 hours and unknown causes .
-differential diagnosis: Herpes Zoster, Otitis media, Lyme disease, ischemic
stroke.
-imaging not necessary but can be considered if symptoms not improving or
atypical presentation.
Migraines --ANSWER-- intense headaches, typically perceived from
one half of the head, that recur regularly and can be difficult to treat
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AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES |
VERIFIED A+ GRADE | 2025/2026
, NU 665 Neurology – Questions S Verified Answers
Hospice care --ANSWER-- holistic, compassionate care given to dying
people and their families.
utilizes Medicare Benefit with qualifying factor of 6 months or less
Palliative care --ANSWER-- multi-disciplinary approach to relief of
sufferring that can be provided at any point in a patient's illness.
Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) --ANSWER-- scale sued to
determine functionality sauce as ambulation, activity level, selfceare and
conscious level
Terminal illness --ANSWER-- a disease or condition that will
eventually cause death
End-stage heart disease --ANSWER-- EF less than or equal to 20%
dyspnea and or symptoms at rets or with minimal exertion
NYHA classes 3 and 4 with symptoms.
FAST scale --ANSWER-- scale utilized to qualify dementia patients for
hospice
End stage dementia --ANSWER-- Fast scale of 7E or above
Hospice referral --ANSWER--
Bell's Palsy --ANSWER-- temporary paralysis of the seventh cranial
nerve that causes paralysis only on the affected side of the face with onset
within 72 hours and unknown causes .
-differential diagnosis: Herpes Zoster, Otitis media, Lyme disease, ischemic
stroke.
-imaging not necessary but can be considered if symptoms not improving or
atypical presentation.
Migraines --ANSWER-- intense headaches, typically perceived from
one half of the head, that recur regularly and can be difficult to treat
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