Author Question: Palliative care used in the management of a patient with symptomatic chronic obstructive pulmonary ... (Read 27 times)

olgavictoria · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

Palliative care used in the management of a patient with symptomatic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an example of which of the following?

a. Palliative care is used when the patient is beginning to die.
b. Palliative care is used to help manage the symptoms that often accompany COPD.
c. Hospice nurses must be involved to provide palliative care in a cancer patient.
d. Patient must be enrolled into the Medicare Hospice Benefit to receive palliative care.

Question 2

A mother is talking with the community-based nurse concerning her adult son. The son is mentally challenged and not able to live on his own. The mother is concerned about her son's welfare when she is no longer able to care for him.

What is the best response by the nurse?
a. Let's look into the community resources that are available to assist you.
b. You have raised your son well, and he will be okay on his own.
c. Contact your distant relatives to see if anyone would take your son.
d. There are places for mentally challenged adults; let's place him there.

emily12345 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Palliation is the relief or management of symptoms without providing a cure. To palliate is to reduce the severity of an actual or potential life-threatening condition or a chronic debilitating illness. Palliation is not equivalent to cure, but it is the reduction of undesirable effects resulting from the incurable disease or condition.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
The mother, with the assistance of the nurse, can research resources in the community that will service and care for her son when she is no longer able to do so. How the son is raised does not mean that he will be okay on his own. Distant relatives may not want or be able to care for the son, so this may not be a viable option. Placing the son is too general of an option, and he may not do well in this setting.