Author Question: Palliative care is a structured system for care delivery that has what as its aim? A) To give ... (Read 27 times)

Alygatorr01285 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

Palliative care is a structured system for care delivery that has what as its aim?

A) To give traditional medical care
B) To prevent and relieve suffering
C) To bridge between curative care and hospice care
D) To provide care while there is still hope

Question 2

A dying client is crying. She states, Why me, Lord? and I can't pray. What would be an appropriate nursing diagnosis based on this data?

A) Psycho-spiritual distress
B) Low self esteem
C) Ineffective coping
D) Knowledge deficit related to praying

adf223 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: B
Palliative care, which is conceptually broader than hospice care, is both an approach to care and a structured system for care delivery that aims toprevent and relieve suffering and to support the best possible quality of life for clients and their families, regardless of the stage of the disease or the need for other therapies. Palliative care goes beyond giving traditional medical care, which makes option A incorrect. Palliative care is considered a bridge not exclusively limited to hospice care, which makes option C incorrect. Option D is incorrect; hope is something clients and families have even while the client is actively dying.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A
Spiritual needs must be included in the plan of care for the dying client. Verbal cues to psycho-spiritual distress include inability to pray and lack of inability to forgive one's self.