Bereavement and End of Life Issues
1) Pain management techniques include all of the following except:
 
Relaxation training Intense physical exercise Physician prescribed pain relievers Medications to reduce rashes and nausea
 
2) The Terri Shiavo case was a primary illustration of the need to:
 
Create legal "Advanced Directives" Obtain bereavement counseling Provide hospice services
 
3) Hospice is a resource for which of the following?
 
Support for decisions about treatment and options for care Information about advanced directives Bereavement support All of the above None-- Hospice only provides care for physical symptoms
 
4) The goal of hospice care is to:
 
a: Cure the patient b: Provide comfort to the patient c: Pain management All of the above Both b and c only
 
5) The focus of treatment is the normal reaction to the death of a loved one when the following diagnosis is made:
 
Depression Simple death reaction Bereavement Anticipated Loss
 
6) Kubler-Ross' stages of grief do not include which of the following:
 
Denial Anger Acceptance Relief
 
7) Raphael wrote that ______ is the initial reaction to the death of a loved one.
 
Despair Anger Shock Acceptance
 
8) The primary treatment strategy in the Kubler-Ross approach is to be available and empathetic.
 
True False
 
9) Edelstein differentiates between the stages in the mourning process of a(n) ______________ for the unexpected death of a child.
 
Anticipated death and maternal bereavement Uneventful death and depressed bereavement Sudden death and long-term bereavement
 
10) At what age do children see death as permanent and that the body stops living?
 
Before they turn 5 Between 5 and 9 Between 9 and 10 Between 11 and 13