Hospice Palliative Care Quiz Question Title * 1. Palliative Care is the specialized care for those experiencing serious chronic or life-limiting illness. True False Question Title * 2. The goal of palliative care is to relieve pain and other symptoms and to reduce the stress of serious illness to achieve the best quality of life regardless of treatment goals or life expectancy. True False Question Title * 3. Why are palliative care services so important now? Because of multiple consulting physicians and complexity of care, there is concern over lack of communication between providers. Patients and families want a realistic prognosis. How long do I have? Patients and families desire to be educated about the progression of their condition. Patients are being discharged from the hospital quicker and sicker than in years past. All of the above. Question Title * 4. What do palliative care patients want? High standards of care with vigorous treatment of pain and other symptoms. Relief from worry, anxiety and depression. Communication with medical professionals about their care over time. Sense of safety in their healthcare system and support for their families. All of the above. Question Title * 5. A palliative care patient must forego curative treatment. True False Question Title * 6. Who should be considered for a palliative care consult? Patients experiencing pain, trouble breathing or other distressing symptoms. Patients who make frequent ER visits or have had numerous hospitalizations. Those having serious psychological or spiritual issues. Those who need clarification of treatment goals to include code status, tube feedings, ventilator use, etc. All of the above. Question Title * 7. When a patient has been experiencing many of the indicators from question 6, it is appropriate to ask the patient's physician whether the patient would benefit from palliative care services. True False Question Title * 8. IPOST stands for: Iowa Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment Iowa Pharmaceutical Orders for Scope of Treatment Question Title * 9. The goal of the IPOST is to help individuals determine their healthcare decisions while they still can. These decisions include: Would you want your heart restarted if it stops beating naturally? Do you want to be placed on a ventilator? If so, for how long? Do you want IV antibiotics for an infection? If so, for how long? Do you desire tube feedings if you are unable to eat? If so, for how long? All of the above. Question Title * 10. Choose the best answer. Completed IPOST forms are found in the patient’s home usually on the side of the refrigerator. This is done to: Keep the dog from chewing it up. Keep the form from getting lost. Ensure that emergency workers entering the home do not do what you decline to have done. Question Title * 11. Hospice of Mercy volunteers can and have been utilized to be companionship or respite volunteers for palliative care patients. True False Question Title * 12. Please complete the following information: Name: Email: Phone: Done
