Term
| loss related to specific occurence (job loss/transfer) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| loss of endurance; increase dependence (aging) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| loss of a body part due to accident or illness |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| feelings/loss/behaviors related to loss including overwhelming stress and sorrow |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| grieving period experienced by surviving loved ones |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| process and rituals through which grief is resolved |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| grieving in acceptance of loss |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| period of denial, depression, physiological symptoms, or suicidal thoughts |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| when mourner is judged by those not understanding the loss |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| t/f: childhood loss can threaten child's ability to develop normally |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| older adults dealing with successive losses |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
dabda
denial
anger
bargaining
depression
acceptance |
|
|
Term
| Patient self determination act |
|
Definition
| the right to advance directives |
|
|
Term
| t/f the bodies of all patients, including the deceased, are to be handled with dignity and respect |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| national organ transplant act |
|
Definition
| governs organ and tissue donation in the USA |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| cessation of apical pulse, respirations, and blood pressure |
|
|
Term
| apical pulse found where? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| an illness from which there is no reasonable expectation of survival |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| care that involves providing relief from suffering; comfort measures |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| for patients determined to have prognosis of 6 months or less survival time |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| the study of persons age 65 or older |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| gradual loss of muscle mass |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| recommended protein intake |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| as you're getting up, your blood pressure drops and you get light headed and may pass out |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| hearing loss in the elderly |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| benign prostatic hyperplasia |
|
Definition
| enlargement of prostate gland that may lead to frequent urination |
|
|
