Palliative and Hospice Care Nursing Online Quiz

Name: ______________________________ Date: April 23, 2020

I. Multiple Choice: Select the letter of your answer and defend it by giving rationale. Either answer and or
rationale is wrong it will be considered no points. If both is correct, it is 2 points.

1. It is a state in which the individual or group experiences or is at risk of experiencing a disturbances in the belief
or value system that provides strength, hope and meaning of life.
a. Spiritual care b. spiritual distress c. spiritual needs c. all of the above
2. A religion which believes that during death the body of the dead should be covered and laid on the floor and
candles are lit which is considered holy act.
a. Muslim b. Jewish c. Buddhist d. Catholic
3. A process when a person allows an organ of their own to be removed and transplant to another person.
a. Organ donor b. organ transplant c. organ recipient d. organ inquest
4. It is an order known also as “No code” or allow natural death to occur.
a. Euthanasia b. show cause order c. Do not Resuscitate d. none of the above
5. One of the most important principle to consider in the argument to legalize euthanasia should be.
a. Principle of beneficence b. Principle of man beneficence c. principle of autonomy d. all
6. It is a term which refers to the detailed scrutiny of both external surface and internal contents fo the body after
opening its cavities.
a. Physical assessment b. autopsy c. either d. neither
7. It is an autopsy performed by a qualified and registered medical officer specially to meet certain requirements of
law.
a. Psychological autopsy b. medicolegal autopsy c. medical autopsy d. none of the above
8. When client and people around know about impending death and feel comfortable discussing it, in truth telling
it is,
a. Mutual pretense b. open awareness c. closed awareness d. no awareness
9. The following are categories of behavioral indicators of pain in non-responsive patient, except:
a. Clenched teeth b. wandering c. change in vital signs d. none
10. It is an ethical principle that can be applied when the treatment that prolongs the life has a limited resources.
a. Distributive justice b. nonmaleficence c. beneficence d. all of the above

II. True or False. Write T if statement is true and F if false.

_____1. Lack of knowledge in the patient’s beliefs and culture may result to in appropriate management in
the end of life.
_____2. All people has spiritual dimension, regardless of whether they participation formal religious
practices.
_____3. Cultural background impacts how nurses make decisions of palliative care.
_____4. Culture is the determinant of the attitude towards truth telling.
_____5. Some cultures believes that pain is a sign of progress to recovery.
_____6. Elevated vital signs do not always indicate presence of pain and or do not suggest absence of pain.
_____7. Autonomy is about the respect for a person’s right to make decisions concerning their care.
_____8. Confidentiality protects the autonomy of the patient’s information or decisions.
_____9. Doctor who is attending the dead person for the past 28 days is eligible to entry data in the death
notification form.
_____10. It is important to pronounce and confirm death in professional yet compassionate manner.