EXERCISES, LESSON 6
INSTRUCTIONS. The following exercises are to be answered by completing the
incomplete statement or by writing the answer in the space provided. After you have
completed all the exercises, turn to the solutions located at the end of the exercises and
check your answers.
1.
List two common inappropriate responses by health care personnel to the
terminally ill patient.
a. _________________________________________.
b. _________________________________________.
2.
List the five stages of adjustment experienced by the terminally ill or injured.
a. _________________________________________.
b. _________________________________________.
c.
_________________________________________.
d. _________________________________________.
e. _________________________________________.
3.
A terminally ill patient may not go through all the stages of adjustment or go
through these stages in the exact sequence listed in this lesson.
a. True.
b. False.
4.
The patient requesting repeat of some medical tests and the opinion of other
physicians is typical of the ______________________ stage of adjustment.
5.
The patient seeking a reward for good behavior is characteristic of the
_______________________ stage of adjustment for the terminally ill patient.
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