Exam 4: Dying: Transition From Life

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What is the definition of the terms -Stage theory

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The National Institute of Health (2005) conducted a recent inquiry into the status of care for terminally ill people in the United States and concluded that:

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What is the definition of the terms -Colostomy bag

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Kastenbaum's comparison of statements, "he has passed the crisis point and has a real chance of pulling through" and "he is out of immediate danger but probably won't survive very long," is comparing the ________ trajectory to the ________ trajectory.

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The Dalai Lama states that Buddhism asserts that all people move through the prescribed eight stages as they die.

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According to Kastenbaum, dying usually begins with apoptosis.

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The SUPPORT study found that physicians often showed little interest in the patients' own preferences regarding CPR and little inclination to honor them.

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List any three of the five types of problems that are more likely to arise when there is a life-or-death emergency in a community setting (as compared with a health-care facility).

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The intervention phase of the SUPPORT study found that:

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Corr's coping theory of the dying process advocates:

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The National Institute of Health Survey (2005) found that the spiritual well-being of terminally ill patients is still ignored in most institutional caregiving environments.

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A suggestion for improving communication with a dying person includes all of the following EXCEPT to:

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Hospital staff is taking the death of this patient especially hard because they had worked very hard trying to save her. This situation is most likely to occur with the:

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The Buddhist stages of dying focus on the experiential state of the dying person.

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The pointed trajectory is one in which the patient is not alert and may not survive a stressful experience.

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According to a national survey (Last Acts, 2002), despite a desire to die at home surrounded by friends and families, a majority of Americans die in hospitals.

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Name and describe each of stages of dying proposed by Kübler-Ross.

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The hospital staff is acting with a sense of urgency and interactions between staff and family are tense. This is most likely to occur during the:

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What is the definition of the terms -Danger list (D.L.)

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The last four stages in the Buddhist perspective on dying:

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