A Client Who Has Just Been Diagnosed with a Slowly

question 21

Multiple Choice

A client who has just been diagnosed with a slowly progressive terminal illness asks the nurse about the availability of hospice services.What information should the nurse share with this client?

• A)When clients are designated as terminally ill,they are automatically assigned to hospice care.
• B)Hospice services are generally reserved for those who have a life expectancy of 6 months or less.
• C)Hospice care is based on seeking cure of the underlying illness.
• D)Provision of hospice services is reserved only for those who refuse other palliative treatments.

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Definitions:

Autobiographical Information

Information related to one's own life and experiences, often stored as episodic memory.

Hierarchies of Information

Organizational structures that arrange data, ideas, or objects in ranked order or levels, often used to improve understanding and decision-making.

Subordinate Categories

Subordinate Categories refer to the more specific classifications that fall under broader categories in hierarchical organization systems.

Retrograde Amnesia

A loss of memory accessing information that was acquired before a particular date, usually the date of an injury or operation.