Palliative care principles — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: What type of disease prevention is identifying patients at risk of unnecessary treatment?_____

Answer: Quaternary

Flashcard 2: Examples of the beers criteria include drugs that increase the risk of _____ (benzodiazepines, opioids)

Answer: falls

Flashcard 3: Which type of medical error analysis involves a forward-looking approach to prevent failure occurrence?_____

Answer: Failure mode and effects analysis

Flashcard 4: What must be used in all patients treated with cisplatin?_____

Answer: IV saline

Flashcard 5: What are three common types of advance directives? (medical law)

Answer: 1 - oral advance directive (often informal) 2 - written advance directive (formal living will) 3 - medical power of attorney

Flashcard 6: advance directive (medical law)

Answer: instructions given by a patient in anticipation of the need to make a medical decision in the future (state-specific)

Flashcard 7: When is an extremely important time to re-address advanced care planning for end-of-life issues? _____

Answer: Hospital admission

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