Unit 8 Quiz
Palliative Care Knowledge Quiz
Test your understanding of palliative care concepts with this comprehensive quiz designed for health care coordinators, medical professionals, and family members who may consider palliative services. This quiz addresses key aspects of palliative care, including patient rights, care approaches, and important communication techniques.
Questions cover topics such as:
- The goals and benefits of palliative care
- Differences between curative and hospice care
- The role of financial discussions in planning
As a health care coordinator, you have been called in to identify and implement a plan of care for a family that are seeking home services for a palliative care client. What is one of the first things that you will need to have to assist in this planning?
Evaluate the ability of the client to pay for services and determine there are no options available.
Meeting with the client and family to validate information and to evaluate current services and what will meet the needs of the client.
Determine the services available and inform the family and client of their options.
Review the chart and decide which options will meet the needs of the client and family.
What are some of the communication techniques that families may not understand during the palliative care state for chronic care clients?
Limited information available.
Limited involvement with extended family.
Long trips to visit family.
Constant contact with family members or their immediate family.
Which processes are generally seen when dealing with death and dying?
The crisis management process.
The change process.
The grieving process.
The process of death and dying.
What is the goal of palliative care?
Care provided to help improve the quality of life during the time the client is suffering from a chronic disease.
To support the client during this crisis.
To support the family during crisis
To provide services without compassion for the family and client.
What is curative care?
Terminal care.
This type of care delivery focuses on curing the client.
This type of care focuses on treating the client throughout the chronic care.
Identifying the cure and sending the client out for specialized care.
How long can palliative care be administered?
Short-term solution.
It can not be delivered over long periods of time.
Indefinite amount of time.
Moderate-term solution
Once a patient receives hospice status, what services are no longer available?
Curative care delivery services.
Palliative care options.
Explorative care therapies.
Interventional care options.
Should consideration for financial impact be discussed with the client/family?
No
Yes
May be discussed with the provider only.
Depends on the situation
Does the client have the right to die with dignity and respect?
No
Never
Yes
Depends on the situation
Hospice care helps people stay at home, if they wish, at the end of their life.
Yes
No
Quality of life is the focus of hospice services.
Yes
No
Accepting hospice care means stopping all medical treatment.
No
Yes
Managing symptoms—including pain—is an important part of palliative care.
Yes
No
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