PALLIATIVE CARE RELATED MCQ

1. Dr.Anjalatchi Muthukumaran
Vice principal
Era College of Nursing
Palliative care Program
Related MCQs

2. 1.Which of the following members of the health
care team are important to the delivery of
Palliative Care?
a) Physician
b) Nurses
c) Nursing Assistant
d) Physical and Occupational Therapists

3. 2.Palliative Care is different from traditional care
because Palliative Care is
a) Curative
b) Equivalent to Hospice Care
c) Focused on Comfort Rather Than Cure
d) Withdraws Care

4. 3.Touch is a method of communication
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
4.Elderly people experiences loneliness more than
youngsters
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
5.As a person grows old she/he needs sympathy
from younger generation
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

5. 6.Professional nurses need additional training in palliative care to
support patients with life limiting illness
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
7.Palliative Care services can be provided in hospital,health
centre,hospice and home based care program
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
8.Referring for Palliative Care means that you are giving up hope
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
9.The commonest side effect of morphine is constipation
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
10.The concept of total pain is important in assessment of pain coined
by Dame Cicily Saunders
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

6. 11.Palliative Care and hospice care are the same
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
12.Managing symptoms including pain is an
important part of palliative care
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
13.End of life care involves a team of both medical
and non medical providers
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

7. 14.Thinking self care is a sign of weakness
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
15.Morphine is step 2 strong opioid of WHO ladder
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
16.The best treatment of noisy breathing towards end of life
phase is throat suction
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
17.Infection control is the nursing care to be considered as
priority in a patient with foleys catheter
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
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8. 18.Children cannot be given morphine
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
19.In Palliative Care quality of life is the focus
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
20.The essence of palliative care nursing is to
facilitate the caring process through a
combination of science presence openness
compassion mindful attention to detail and team
work
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

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