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CNA
chapter 23 vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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terminal illness | a disease or condition that will eventually cause death |
grief | deep distress or sorrow over a loss |
hospice care | holistic, compassionate care given to people who have approximately 6 months or less to live |
palliative care | care that focuses on the comfort and dignity of a person who is very sick and/or dying, rather than on curing the person |
Cheyne-Stokes | alternating periods of slow, irregular respirations and rapid, shallow respiration, along with periods of apnea |
rigor mortis | the Latin term for the temporary condition after death in which the muscles in the body become stiff and rigid |
postmortem care | care of the body after death |
biodegradable | capable of breaking down or being decomposed by by bacterial or other living organisms |