The interprofessional core team includes members from which ...

[LCritchfi]

The interprofessional core team includes members from which disciplines?
 
  a. Nursing, medicine, volunteers, and nutrition
  b. Medicine, nursing, social work, and clergy
  c. Medicine, nursing, physical therapists, and volunteers
  d. Nursing, home health aides, volunteers, and clergy

Question 2

The student demonstrates a lack of understanding of palliative care when making which statement?
 
  a. Palliative care is designed to promote comfort.
  b. Palliative care is designed to reduce disease exacerbations.
  c. Palliative care is designed to decrease acute care hospital admissions.
  d. Palliative care is designed to promote a cure for chronic disease.

[elizabethrperez]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
An interprofessional team approach involving health care professionals from different disciplines is central to optimal palliative care practice and quality outcomes. The interdisciplinary core team includes members from medicine, nursing, social work, and clergy. Ancillary disciplines are also included. Volunteering is not considered a discipline in healthcare.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Palliation is the reduction of symptoms without elimination of the cause. Palliative care refers to the provision of care for patients who are diagnosed with a disease or condition without a cure.