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Mollykgkg

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Which of the following is an inappropriate intervention for communicating with terminally ill clients?
 
  communicating with terminally ill clients?
  a. Allowing the client to lead discussions about the future
  b. Offering automatic responses and trite reassurances
  c. Respecting the individual's pattern of communication
  d. Maintaining a sense of calm

Question 2

Which of the following is a dimension of palliative care?
 
  a. It involves only care of the client.
  b. It provides grief support for family only while the client is alive.
  c. It bears no resemblance to hospice care.
  d. It intends neither to hasten nor postpone death.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Guidelines for communicating with dying clients include avoiding automatic responses and trite reassurances. Allowing the client to lead discussions about the future, respecting the individual's pattern of communication, and maintaining a sense of calm are all guidelines for communicating with terminally ill clients

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Dimensions of Palliative Care
 Provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms
 Affirms life and regards dying as a normal process
 Intends neither to hasten nor postpone death
 Integrates the psychologic and spiritual aspects of client care
 Offers a support system to help clients live as actively as possible until death
 Offers a support system to help the family cope during the client's illness and in their own bereavement
 Uses a team approach to address the needs of clients and their families, including bereavement counseling, if indicated
 Will enhance quality of life and may also positively influence the course of illness
 Is applicable early in the course of illness, in conjunction with other therapies that are intended to prolong life, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy, and includes those investigations needed to better understand and manage distressing clinical complications




Mollykgkg

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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
Wow, this really help


carlsona147

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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