Deck 11: Death and Dying Issues

Question 1

A female patient's brother informs you that he has the right to make medical decisions for her. This is a

A) durable power of attorney.
B) living will.
C) healthcare proxy.
D) do not resuscitate order.

Answer 1

healthcare proxy.

Question 2

The criteria needed that must be met before a patient can be pronounced brain dead include all of the following, except

A) no pupil response.
B) no blinking reflex.
C) no talking.
D) no grimace reflex.

Answer 2

no talking.

Question 3

This Act requires providers to provide information to patients regarding their rights to make medical decisions and execute advance directives.

A) Patient Self-Determination Act
B) The Right to Die Act
C) Advance Directive Act
D) Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act

Answer 3

Patient Self-Determination Act

Question 4

The development of formal ethics committees in hospitals and the development of advance health directives arose out of whose court case?

A) Nancy Cruzan
B) Terri Schiavo
C) Karen Ann Quinlan
D) All of the options

Question 5

If a patient becomes incapacitated and specifies what types of medical treatment he or she wants, this is considered a

A) durable power of attorney.
B) living will.
C) healthcare proxy.
D) do not resuscitate order.

Question 6

If a patient is unable to accept his or her condition is terminal, this is considered the ____ stage of death.

A) denial
B) anger
C) bargaining
D) depression

Question 7

The National Organ Transplant Act of 1984 made it criminal to market for profit human organs for transplantation.

Question 8

During this stage of death, the patient hopes to postpone death.

A) Denial
B) Anger
C) Bargaining
D) Depression

Question 9

According to the UDDA, one of the determinations of death is

A) irreversible interruption of circulatory and respiratory functions.
B) irreversible interruption of brain activity and respiratory functions.
C) irreversible interruption of brain activity and circulatory functions.
D) irreversible interruption of circulatory and heart functions.

Question 10

During this stage of death, the patient begins to understand that death is certain and imminent.

A) Denial
B) Anger
C) Depression
D) Acceptance

Question 11

Euthanasia means

A) ending a life to get rid of someone.
B) ending life unintentionally.
C) ending life intentionally to relieve pain.
D) premeditated murder.

Question 12

This is the last stage of grief.

A) Denial
B) Anger
C) Depression
D) Acceptance

Question 13

The study of the effects of death and dying is

A) thorantology.
B) thanatology.
C) teratology.
D) trichology.

Question 14

Patient rights include all of the following, except

A) the right to facilitate their own healthcare decisions.
B) the right to choose how they want to die.
C) the right to accept or refuse medical treatment.
D) the right to make an advance healthcare directive.

Question 15

Because there were different beliefs in the definition of death, the _____ Act (UDDA) was approved in 1981 to give a consistent definition.

A) Uniform Definition of Death
B) Uniform Definition of the Deceased
C) Uniform Determination of Death
D) Uniform Determination of the Deceased

Question 16

Who is responsible for making sure an advance directive is followed?

A) The patient
B) The patient's family
C) The facility providing care
D) The physician

Question 17

Euthanasia conducted when the consent of the patient is unavailable or unattained is called

A) voluntary.
B) nonvoluntary.
C) involuntary.
D) active.

Question 18

This document allows an individual to make bank transactions and write checks to pay the bills while an individual is medically incapacitated.

A) Durable power of attorney
B) Living will
C) Healthcare proxy
D) Do not resuscitate

Question 19

Hospice care can include all of the following, except

A) treating physical symptoms.
B) planning the patient's funeral.
C) counseling about anxiety and grief.
D) providing support to all involved for the physical and psychological stresses of terminal illness.

Question 20

This Act states that all patients have the right to create a living will.

A) Patient Self-Determination Act
B) The Right to Die Act
C) Advance Directive Act
D) Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act

Question 21

If a patient wants to donate organs, they must donate their entire body.

Question 22

Death is the permanent ending of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.

Question 23

Anger is the third stage of grief.

Question 24

If a patient is in a persistent vegetative state, he or she may have moments of wakefulness and reflexive responses.

Question 25

Hospice does not get paid by insurance companies for their services.