Chronic illness

Managing Chronic Illness Chronic illnesses are often assumed to be a major issue in the senior population, but approximately thirty three percent of Canadian individuals from ages eighteen to forty-four years old suffer from at least one chronic condition (Taylor & Sirios, 2014). Unfortunately chronic illness can not be cured, but it can be managed. The strategies used to treat and manage chronic illness can be explained through the biopsychosocial model of health. Chronic illnesses devalue the previous thinking of the biomedical model. The treatment strategies of chronic illness displays that psychological and social processes are not independent of the disease process, and are actually a necessity in managing and treating chronic illness…

Chronic illness threatens the well-being of the elderly population. Impairments and restrictions imposed by the illness can dramatically impact the afflicted persons emotional well-being and outlook on their life. As a professional practicing nurse, throughout this discussion I will share my personal experiences, beliefs and values on what wellness in chronic illness means to me and contribute my thoughts and ideas about chronic illness amongst my colleagues. As a practicing nurse in an…

There are many different people living with chronic illness and disability, most are able to live on their own or with minimal assistant. In addition, both chronic illness and disability does not show discrimination, it affect the young, middle age and the old. Chronic Illness is the condition or health problem with symptoms or disability requiring health care management for three months or longer (Bare, Cheever, Hinkle & Smeltzer, 2010). On the other hand, disability is limitation in…

Chronic Illness A chronic illness is any medical condition that is long lasting in its effects and that vary greatly both in their essential characteristics and the ways in which they affect families and its adaptive functioning. Some chronic illness get worse over time, while the symptoms of other chronic illnesses will flare up occasionally. Every family is a balanced system and after learning of a patient’s chronic illness, a family will experience some loss of equilibrium. The illness…

With the rise in chronic illness case management is an essential part of nursing practice. Case management coordinates patient care through assessment planning, assisting, and evaluating to ensure excellent patient outcomes. One of the technologies available for case management is the use of the free mobile warning system from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A patient care provider can instruct patient with pulmonary problems such as patients with asthma, emphysema, COPD to download…

Key Problems for People with Chronic Illness and Self-Management Skill Required Strauss and colleagues published a model that addresses the problems and concerns related to a patient living with a chronic illness. This framework considers the concerns and experiences a patient and family have rather than focusing on the illness (Larsen, 2014). Mrs. Hernandez’ has several key self-management problems associated with her chronic illness. Family and patient teaching need to occur to promote the…

Chronic Illness: D.B’s Life Experience INTRODUCTION: As defined in our textbook, “Illness has carried a commonsense meaning of a temporary disease or condition that can be either cured or controlled by treatment, whereas disability is thought of as permanent and moderated only by rehabilitation” (Mauk, 2012, p. 28). This same textbook quickly outlines that in modern medicine people are now able to live after a “devastating disease or trauma such as cancer and stroke…” (Mauk, 2012, p. 29).…

According to the article entitled “A Middle-Range Theory of Self-Care of Chronic Illness”, authors explored the theory of self-care that was the vital process for maintaining and promoting individual health in chronic illness conditions (Riegel, Jaarsma et al. 2012). Purpose: The purpose of this articles was to describe a middle-range theory of self-care in chronic illness and emphasized on the concept, assumption, proposition, and other factors affecting self-care in the…

The Chronic Illness Trajectory Framework Theory was created by Anselm Straus, a medical sociologist, and Juliet Corbin, a nurse theorist, in 1991. This theory is identified as a middle range theory. A middle range theory is considered transgressive when reflecting on its application in various nursing fields and its function in practice. The Chronic Illness Trajectory Framework Theory identifies six steps that the health professional can use to manage chronic illness. This approach leads to…

Initial reactions of having a chronic illness is shock, this may only last for a small period or may even continue for weeks on end, occurs to a certain degree depending on a person’s chronic illness, usually happens when an illness happens without any notice. Subsequently using emotional strategies such as shock, anger and denial, reality then takes place: symptoms then get worse or stay the same depending on the diagnoses of the illness, it come to be clear that modifications need to be made…