Question 1

One of the provisions for enrollment in hospice care is that a patient is expected to die within six months.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

The keys to the success in any palliative or hospice care scenario are its interdisciplinary team and the management of legal and ethical issues surrounding procedures and protocols.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Social work in the field of palliative and hospice care requires proficiency in seven core areas. Identify and define any two, then describe how it applies to a patient.

Accepted Answer

Two proficiencies social workers are required to have in the fields of palliative and hospice care are providing interventions and resource coordination. Providing interventions is the ability to identify a problem, to conduct assessment, to engage in goal setting, to identify interventions, and to actively participate in the process of implementing and monitoring the interventions with the patient. Resource coordination is also important in this process because implementing interventions will necessitate access to multiple and varied resources to respond to the needs of the patient. The social worker must be able to know how to find, access, and utilize these various resources and/or point the patient in the direction to find and access such resources.

Question 4

Interdisciplinary teams are important to palliative and hospice workers. These teams are made up of social workers, nurses, physicians, chaplains, and others. Which of the following group of workers is NOT largely part of an interdisciplinary team?

Accepted Answer

A)  Doctors 
B)  Police officers 
C)  Home health aids 
D)  Registered nurses 
A)  Doctors 
B)  Police officers 
C)  Home health aids 
D)  Registered nurses

Question 5

Identify three sets of knowledge clinical social workers bring to interdisciplinary teams.

Accepted Answer

The professional practice of c

Question 6

A Do Not Resuscitate order can be an acceptable reason for hospice care enrollment in some states.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Who is the central focus in both hospice and palliative care?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clients 
B)  Family 
C)  Service 
D)  Community 
A)  Clients 
B)  Family 
C)  Service 
D)  Community

Question 8

The third step of implementing care with a client is to conduct an assessment, such as a biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment, in order to learn more about the patient's family situation and circumstances.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The first grassroots hospice movement of 1974 involved the Yale School of Nursing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The four factors to examine in the second phase of the biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment are health, family, diversity, and grief and loss history.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What are the three most common social work theories/perspectives in palliative and hospice care?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ecological, resiliency, and restorative justice 
B)  Systems, resiliency, and role theory 
C)  Systems, strengths, and developmental 
D)  Ecological, systems, and lifespan perspective 
A)  Ecological, resiliency, and restorative justice 
B)  Systems, resiliency, and role theory 
C)  Systems, strengths, and developmental 
D)  Ecological, systems, and lifespan perspective

Question 12

What is the goal of hospice care?

Accepted Answer

A)  To improve services 
B)  To improve health care for the dying 
C)  To maximize the quality of life for patients 
D)  To improve access to care services 
A)  To improve services 
B)  To improve health care for the dying 
C)  To maximize the quality of life for patients 
D)  To improve access to care services

Question 13

The third phase of the biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment is to examine the extent of completion of the patient's end-of-life documents such as Do Not Resuscitate orders, living wills, and designated healthcare representatives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What is the key feature of hospice care?

Accepted Answer

A)  Patient rights 
B)  Patient self-determination 
C)  Patient access to medical, psychosocial, and spiritual aspects of care 
D)  Family access to medical, psychosocial, and spiritual aspects of care 
A)  Patient rights 
B)  Patient self-determination 
C)  Patient access to medical, psychosocial, and spiritual aspects of care 
D)  Family access to medical, psychosocial, and spiritual aspects of care

Question 15

What is the goal of palliative care?

Accepted Answer

A)  To provide holistic options to care 
B)  To minimize pain and symptoms 
C)  To issue care concurrent with diagnosis of serious illness 
D)  To work with clients who have Do Not Resuscitate orders 
A)  To provide holistic options to care 
B)  To minimize pain and symptoms 
C)  To issue care concurrent with diagnosis of serious illness 
D)  To work with clients who have Do Not Resuscitate orders

Question 16

Which perspective provides a lens to understand multiple factors outside the medical setting that impact care while informing holistic assessment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Systems theory 
B)  Lifespan perspective 
C)  Ecological theory 
D)  Role theory 
A)  Systems theory 
B)  Lifespan perspective 
C)  Ecological theory 
D)  Role theory

Question 17

Hospice care was introduced in the United States in 1965 by Dame Cicely Saunders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

A biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment is informed by stage and task-based grief and loss theories.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Palliative and hospice workers rely on the knowledge and experience of clinical social workers within the interdisciplinary team. What skill can they provide in this environment that is beneficial at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels?

Accepted Answer

A)  Advocacy 
B)  Research 
C)  Theory 
D)  Professional practice 
A)  Advocacy 
B)  Research 
C)  Theory 
D)  Professional practice

Question 20

Because of its importance to patients, palliative care and hospice services are overutilized.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: Palliative and Hospice Care Settings Dawn Joosten

One of the provisions for enrollment in hospice care is that a patient is expected to die within six months.

The keys to the success in any palliative or hospice care scenario are its interdisciplinary team and the management of legal and ethical issues surrounding procedures and protocols.

Social work in the field of palliative and hospice care requires proficiency in seven core areas. Identify and define any two, then describe how it applies to a patient.

Interdisciplinary teams are important to palliative and hospice workers. These teams are made up of social workers, nurses, physicians, chaplains, and others. Which of the following group of workers is NOT largely part of an interdisciplinary team?

Identify three sets of knowledge clinical social workers bring to interdisciplinary teams.

A Do Not Resuscitate order can be an acceptable reason for hospice care enrollment in some states.

Who is the central focus in both hospice and palliative care?

The third step of implementing care with a client is to conduct an assessment, such as a biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment, in order to learn more about the patient's family situation and circumstances.

The first grassroots hospice movement of 1974 involved the Yale School of Nursing.

The four factors to examine in the second phase of the biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment are health, family, diversity, and grief and loss history.

What are the three most common social work theories/perspectives in palliative and hospice care?

What is the goal of hospice care?

The third phase of the biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment is to examine the extent of completion of the patient's end-of-life documents such as Do Not Resuscitate orders, living wills, and designated healthcare representatives.

What is the key feature of hospice care?

What is the goal of palliative care?

Which perspective provides a lens to understand multiple factors outside the medical setting that impact care while informing holistic assessment?

Hospice care was introduced in the United States in 1965 by Dame Cicely Saunders.

A biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment is informed by stage and task-based grief and loss theories.

Palliative and hospice workers rely on the knowledge and experience of clinical social workers within the interdisciplinary team. What skill can they provide in this environment that is beneficial at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels?

Because of its importance to patients, palliative care and hospice services are overutilized.

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