Grief

2. Irregular breathing that alternates between quick breaths and periods without breathing.
4. The person appointed to make health care decisions when the client cannot do so.
5. Physical care after death to prepare the body for viewing, autopsy, or release.
7. Care for a terminally ill client when treatment is no longer expected to cure or control the illness.
8. The retention of respiratory secretions that may cause noisy, gurgling breathing near the end of life.
9. The Kübler-Ross stage in which a person directs emotional distress outward and may say, “It is not fair.”
10. Name, Understand, Respect, Support, and Empathy.

1. The legal document that records a client’s wishes about medical treatment.
3. Care focused on comfort and quality of life that may accompany curative treatment.
6. The outward expression or display of grief.