A Family Member Asks an HHN to Explain the Concept

question 10

Multiple Choice

A family member asks an HHN to explain the concept of hospice care.Which of the following actions would the HHN need to include as the fundamental underlying philosophy of hospice?

• A)Making it possible for the client to die at home
• B)Ensuring that the client's living will is honoured
• C)Placing experts in the position of power of attorney
• D)Providing comfort measures before death

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Definitions:

Paired Observations

Data collected in pairs such that each observation in one group is related or matched to an observation in another group.

Spearman Rank Correlation

An unparametric method for determining rank correlation that evaluates the extent to which two variables' relationship can be characterized by a monotonic function.

Ordinal Variables

Variables that represent categories with a natural order but which do not have a fixed interval between values, allowing for ranking but not quantifiable difference measurement.

Interval Variables

Variables that have meaningful distances between measurements but do not have a true zero point, allowing for both positive and negative values.