As a Hospice Nurse, You Are Caring for an Older

question 6

Multiple Choice

As a hospice nurse, you are caring for an older man who has just lost his wife of 50 years. Which of the following approaches should you take with this person?

• A)Use terms such as passed away, expired, or left us rather than dying, dead, and death.
• B)Avoid awkward moments of silence by expressing sentiments of sympathy.
• C)Offer affirming statements such as "It was for the best."
• D)Assist the individual in understanding that the grieving process is a normal response to loss.

Identify the regulatory and legal framework governing nursing practice.

Understand the skepticism surrounding Giorgio Agamben's views on the current world status compared to Nazi Germany.

Analyze Foucault's perspective on the connection between sex, power, and knowledge.

Recognize the initial reception and evolution of postmodern theory since the 1980s.

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Definitions:

Axon Terminal

The axon terminal is the endpoint of a neuron where neurotransmitters are released to transmit signals to another neuron or to a muscle or gland cell.

Mitochondria

Organelles within a cell that generate most of the chemical energy needed to power the cell's biochemical reactions.

Axon Hillock

Juncture of soma and axon.

Otto Loewi

A pharmacologist and psychobiologist who discovered the first neurotransmitter and won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936.