Nur1212c fscj - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Hospice Care - ️️Focus on comfort and quality of life, rather than cure. The goal is to enable patients to be comfortable and free of pain, so that they live each day as fully as possible. Post Morten Care (Nurse) - ️️-Notify all pt's consulting physicians of pt death - offer support/empathy to family -Removing pt hospital ID band, IV lines, catheter -document pt time of death in medical record Lumbar puncture - ️️"spinal tap" an invasive outpatient procedure used to ...

Lumbar puncture → "spinal tap" an invasive outpatient procedure used to remove a sample of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) form the subarachnoid space in the spine Cachexia → Weakness and wasting of the body due to severe chronic illness Death Rattle → sound often produced by someone who is near death as a result of fluids such as saliva and bronchial secretions accumulating in the throat and upper chest Cheyne -Stokes Respirations → cyclic breathing marked by a gradual increa...