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Chapter 23 vocab
Hartman’s Nursing Assistant Care: Long-Term Care and Home Care, 4th Edition
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 six 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 respirations, 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 bacterial or other living organisms |