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Alygatorr01285

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Identify the roles a palliative care member has with other multidisciplinary team members. Select all that apply.
 
  1. Advocate
   2. Pharmacy role for comfort
   3. Obtain doctors' orders and carry out procedures
   4. Nutrition
   5. Child life

Question 2

Symptoms of Biliary Atresia would include which of the following?
 
  1. Prolonged jaundice (appearing for longer than two weeks)
   2. Elevated direct bilirubin (greater than 20 percent of the total bilirubin measurement)
   3. Very dark stools
   4. 1 and 2


olivia_paige29

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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1. Seeks to advocate for the patient and family's wants and needs
2. Works with pharmacy to provide comfort measures that the patient and family want
3. One person can be designated to speak with the doctor so that information is concise.
4. The palliative care coordinator can work with the nutritionist to provide for the patient's wants.
5. The child life and the palliative care personnel can find ways to engage the child at the end of life.

Answer to Question 2

4
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1. Biliary Atresia causes prolonged jaundice, lasting well past two weeks.
2. The direct bilirubin remains elevated and is always greater than 20 of the total bilirubin measurement.
3. Stools become light and urine becomes dark.
4. Biliary Atresia causes a prolonged jaundice, lasting well past two weeks. The direct bilirubin remains elevated and is always greater than 20 of the total bilirubin measurement.


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