Futile treatment Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

hyperlipidemia - Answer- high cholesterol levels in the blood, which can lead to heart dz, stroke and other problems caused by block arteries Atherosclerosis - Answer- Changes in the walls of large arteries consisting of lipid deposits on the artery walls, which incidences can be reduced with proper treatment of hyperlipidemia Treatment goal of hyperlipidemia - Answer- lowering of the cholesterol to appropriate levels to decrease the risk of heart attack and stroke Non-pharmacology treatm...

The family of a critically ill patient whose care has been deemed futile has decided to withhold treatments. Which action should the nurse take to initiate the family's wishes? 1. Turn the patient every 2 hours. 2.Refrain from giving the patient medications. 3.Slowly wean the patient off the ventilator. 4. Obtain signatures for "do not resuscitate" orders. 2. Refrain from giving the patient medications. To withhold treatment is a decision not to administer selected treatments in cases ...

The nurse is providing care for a patient in active labor. The patient continuously asks the nurse for medication to "stop the pain." Which ethical principle does the nurse use when replying, "We need to protect the baby from being overmedicated. Let me help you with some breathing and relaxation techniques"? 1.Veracity 2.Beneficence 3.Nonmaleficence 4.Fidelity 2.Beneficence A patient at 33 weeks gestation with a first pregnancy arrives at the labor and delivery unit with contrac...

HCAD 222 Exam 2rising health care costs due to longevity + - correct answers - increasing utilization - medical technologies - wages of health care personnel - general inflation - fraud, waste, abuse, futile medical treatment Precedents for HC rationing around the world: - correct answers - denial of kidney dialysis in Britain - waiting lists in Canada - Life-and-death decisions in Seattle - Rationing plan in Oregon Arguments FOR age-based rationing: - correct answers - easy to a...

HCAD 222 Exam 2rising health care costs due to longevity + - correct answers - increasing utilization - medical technologies - wages of health care personnel - general inflation - fraud, waste, abuse, futile medical treatment Precedents for HC rationing around the world: - correct answers - denial of kidney dialysis in Britain - waiting lists in Canada - Life-and-death decisions in Seattle - Rationing plan in Oregon Arguments FOR age-based rationing: - correct answers - easy to a...

HCAD 222 Exam 2rising health care costs due to longevity + - correct answers - increasing utilization - medical technologies - wages of health care personnel - general inflation - fraud, waste, abuse, futile medical treatment Precedents for HC rationing around the world: - correct answers - denial of kidney dialysis in Britain - waiting lists in Canada - Life-and-death decisions in Seattle - Rationing plan in Oregon Arguments FOR age-based rationing: - correct answers - easy to a...

Quantitative Futility correct answers When treatment will not achieve its biomedical goal/ "will not work"; a fact distinction based on scientific and empirical evidence Qualitative Futility correct answers A value distinction - values lead the surrogate decision maker to conclude that the treatment has no benefit according to such values - typically in terms of QOL Truog's 3 Phase Consultation Process and Options correct answers Phase 1 - Meet with ethics committee & clinical team for ...

PED3701 EXAM PACK 2022. PED3701 - Psychology Of Education Read the following extract and answer the questions given below. In the first five years of life an evolving experience occurs in the child's mind-body complex which precedes action and influences what the child will do in a given situation. As the child develops cognitively, emotionally, and physically, there is a growing ability to evaluate a situation and anticipate the consequences of behaviour before choosing an action. One of ...

What are the four principles? correct answer: 1) Autonomy (Respecting decision making capacity) 2) Nonmaleficence (Avoiding causation of harm) 3) Beneficence (Providing benefits, balancing risks & costs) 4) Justice (Fairly distributing benefits, risks, costs) Ethics correct answer: Way of studying, examining, and understanding moral life Normative ethics correct answer: How we OUGHT to behave/do Non-normative ethics correct answer: Establishes what IS the case Descriptive non-...

NCTRC EXAM STUDY GUIDELeisure efficacy To meet your own leisure needs, benefits from good circumstances. You need a repertoire of skills to be self-capable. Meet own needs/goals. Attribution Model The causal analysis of behavior. The process by which a person attributes or makes causal inferences. "To what I attribute my successes and failures". Learned Helplessness A perceived lack of control over events. -no matter how much energy is expended, the situation is futile & you a...