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Nu 412 test 6 Exam Questions With Correct
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What is normal albumin? - answer✔3.5-5
what is normal protein level? - answer✔6-8
what is therapeutic lithium level? - answer✔0.6-1.2
what is a durable power of attorney for health care? - answer✔a health care proxy, health care
agent, or surrogate decision maker; makes health care decisions when the HCP states that the
person lacks capacity to make their own health care decisions
what must a person be able to do to make their own decisions about their health care? -
answer✔receive information (but not necessarily be totally oriented), evaluate, deliberate, and
mentally manipulate information, communicate a treatment preference
what is a living will? - answer✔identifies what one would or would not want if they were near
death, includes CPR, mechanical ventilation, and artificial nutrition or hydration
what is palliative care? - answer✔manages symptoms, provide psychosocial support, coordinate
care to relieve suffering and improve quality of life for pts with serious illnesses; patients can be
at any stage of the severe illness and care is not limited by a specific time period
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what is hospice care? - answer✔care provided when curative treatment has been stopped, and the
patient has a prognosis of 6 months or less to live
what are common signs and symptoms of approaching death? - answer✔incontinence, increased
sleeping, mottled skin, cold extremities, irregular breathing pattern, congestion and gurgling,
disorientation, fluid and food decrease, restlessness, vision like experiences, withdrawal from
surroundings
what interventions can you do for someone approaching death? - answer✔offer a foley catheter
for comfort, do not force the person to stay awake, do not use an electric blanket, hot water
bottle, or hair dryer to warm the person; elevate the person's head, position them on their side;
use a toothette to gently clean the mouth of their secretions, reorient patient as needed, speak
softly clearly and truthfully; do not force the patient to eat or drink, coat the lips with lip balm,
do not restrain the person, keep the room dimly lit, keep the noise level low, do not argue with
visions, affirm the visions
what can increasing fluids when near death cause? - answer✔nausea and vomiting
what drug can you give to patients near death for dyspnea? - answer✔morphine - alters the
perception of air hunger, reduces anxiety and associated oxygen consumption, and reduces
pulmonary congestion
what are signs death has occurred? - answer✔breathing stops, heart stops beating, pupils become
fixed and dilated, body color becomes pale and waxen, body temperature drops, muscles and
