Answer to Question 1
A
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A The nurse's role in hospice nursing care is to meet the primary wishes of the dying patient and to be open to the individual desires of each patient. The nurse supports a patient's choice in maintaining comfort and dignity.
B Hospice care is for the terminally ill. It is not aimed at offering curative treatment but rather emphasizes palliative care.
C Hospice care may provide bereavement follow-up for the family after a patient's death, but hospice nurses typically do not teach the family postmortem care.
D Hospice care programs include provision of an interdisciplinary care team of physicians, nurses, spiritual advisers, social workers, and counsellors.
Answer to Question 2
B
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A The patient who is confined to bed would receive a score of 1 on the Braden Scale when assessing activity.
B The patient who is confined to a chair would receive a score of 2 on the Braden Scale when assessing activity.
C The patient who walks occasionally would receive a score of 3 on the Braden Scale when assessing activity.
D The patient who walks frequently would receive a score of 4 on the Braden Scale when assessing activity.
Emphysema. (a) Illustration comparing normal lungs and emphysemic lungs. The inserts illustrate how
Lung cancer. Photograph of part of a lung removed after death. The yellow area is a large tumor and
Survivorship Care Plan
Critical thinking and implementing care
Deliver abdominal thrusts to the supine unconscious patient.
Handbook of Informatics for Nurses and Health Care Professionals, 4/E