Chapter 10 – Practice Issues Related to End-Of-Life Care

Chapter 10 – Practice Issues Related to End-Of-Life Care

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

Which of the following can be both a benefit and a challenge of technological advances in health care?

ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 236 BLM: Higher Order

What does the nurse need to understand about assessing a patient’s quality of life (QOL)?

a.	It is an objective measure of comfort and factors that make life worth living.
b.	It is considered good only if the patient feels fulfilled and can be independent.
c.	It generally means the same thing to most patients, families, and nurses.
d.	It includes subjective ideas about conditions of life and functional ability.

ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 238 BLM: Higher Order

Since a prime nursing focus is to relieve suffering, what must nurses understand about health care technologies?

a.	They are good because they always support a patient’s health and well-being.
b.	They may cause conflict between doing good and avoiding harm to patients.
c.	They are necessary interventions even if they cause patients to suffer.
d.	They may cause nurses to do harmful things to patients against their wishes.

ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 237 BLM: Higher Order

To appropriately utilize health care technology, what must health care providers, patients, and families understand?

a.	its purpose, benefits, and limitations
b.	its cost, availability, and usefulness
c.	its outcomes, benefits, and cost
d.	its risks, availability, and purpose

ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 237 BLM: Higher Order

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