CHPNA Palliative Care Fundamentals

Question 1

What is the primary goal of palliative care?

Accepted Answer

Improve quality of life by relieving suffering

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Cure the underlying disease

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Extend life at all costs

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Provide only comfort medications

Question 2

Hospice care is typically provided to patients who have a prognosis of how long to live?

Accepted Answer

6 months or less

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3 months or less

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12 months or less

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24 months or less

Question 3

Which of the following best describes the hospice philosophy?

Accepted Answer

Comfort-focused care that affirms life and regards dying as a normal process

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Aggressive treatment to prolong life

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Isolation of the patient from family

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Exclusively hospital-based care

Question 4

Who is considered part of the hospice interdisciplinary team?

Accepted Answer

Physician, nurse, social worker, chaplain, and nursing assistant

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Only physicians and nurses

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Only the patient's family

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Only licensed medical professionals

Question 5

What does 'DNR' stand for in hospice care?

Accepted Answer

Do Not Resuscitate

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Do Not Respond

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Do Not Restrict

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Do Not Report

Question 6

Palliative care can be provided:

Accepted Answer

Alongside curative treatment at any stage of serious illness

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Only at the end of life

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Only in hospitals

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Only after all curative options have been exhausted