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With advancing age, people can expect to die from |
| | A) | acute infections and illnesses. |
| | B) | accidents out of the house, i.e. car accidents. |
| | C) | chronic illnesses with anywhere from 5 to 10 years of anticipated dying. |
| | D) | boredom of old age. |
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The leading cause of death in the US is |
| | A) | heart disease for both men and women. |
| | B) | heart disease for men and breast cancer for women. |
| | C) | all forms of cancer. |
| | D) | accidents. |
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The greatest breakthrough in reduction of sudden infant death syndrome is |
| | A) | teaching parents to have infants sleep in the room or bed with them. |
| | B) | because of less traumatic deliveries in hospitals. |
| | C) | teaching parents to put infants to sleep on their backs. |
| | D) | teaching parents to always put infants to sleep on the stomachs. |
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After the first year of life, the main cause of death among children under the age of 15 is |
| | A) | carelessness on the part of parents. |
| | B) | all types of accidents. |
| | C) | mainly car accidents because parents did not have the child in a car seat. |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Parents and health care providers need to understand the child's processing of death in order to |
| | A) | give appropriate biological information surrounding death and burial. |
| | B) | present death as a "great sleep," because this is confronting to children. |
| | C) | not talk about death around young children. |
| | D) | none of the above |
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Young adults are more likely to |
| | A) | receive the news of terminal illness better than adolescents because they have lived longer. |
| | B) | be outraged that their life is cut short right when they are prepared to live it as an adult. |
| | C) | become depressed and die quickly. |
| | D) | die of secondary complications like pneumonia. |
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DNR stands for |
| | A) | doesn't need rescuing. |
| | B) | doctors not required. |
| | C) | do not resuscitate. |
| | D) | none of the above |
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Kübler-Ross's five stage theory |
| | A) | is in order: denial, bargaining, depression, anger, acceptance. |
| | B) | has five stages, but the order doesn't really matter to the dying person. |
| | C) | is best when applied to family members trying to cope with the chronic progressive diagnosis of a loved one. |
| | D) | is invaluable in helping health care providers and caregivers to understand the reactions of a dying person. |
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Curative care is to palliative care as ______________is to _______________. |
| | A) | brushing patient's teeth; keeping patients striving to live |
| | B) | taking blood and scheduling therapy; keeping the patient comfortable |
| | C) | nursing care; physician care |
| | D) | burn out; job fulfillment |
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Thanatology is |
| | A) | the study of death and dying. |
| | B) | concerned with techniques that keep dying patients comfortable. |
| | C) | suggesting that behavioral and cognitive-behavioral techniques, such as muscle relaxation, can provide a sense of control for the dying patient. |
| | D) | all of the above |
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