Chronic illness

Long term conditions (LTC), or chronic illnesses, are life changing and have a major impact on people’s lives. People have to learn how to cope with the long-term disease, which is incurable, progressive and can exacerbate if the patient does not take care of themselves properly. (World health organisation, 2016 )“Non-communicable diseases (NCSs), also known as chronic diseases, are not passed from person to person. They are of long duration and generally slow progression”. This means that…

because the care one receives is different based off of their acute or chronic status. In order to do this the nurse will first have to learn the difference between acute and chronic care. The first thing that comes to mind when I think of acute is emergent. These patients typically show signs and symptoms rapidly and need care immediately. These patients are also typically short-term and recover almost fully from their illness. When caring for this patient the nurse is constantly monitoring…

experiencing illness. “Patients go through five stages of illness symptom experience, assumption of the sick role, medical care contact, dependent - patient role, and recovery and rehabilitation.” (Weiss & Lonnquist, 2015) Most patients I take care of go through this stages. I had taken care of this particular patient multiple times. It seems as if she is always coming back to the hospital will the same problem, COPD exacerbation. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is just that…

Coping becomes an imperative aspect when living with a chronic disease. A second interview was conducted with my client who can be identified as ‘J.F’. A series of questions were generated to investigate what coping mechanisms were effective and non-effective for J.F, who presents with multiple sclerosis. Discussing with J.F, he described how he turned to avoidance when he was first diagnosed with his chronic illness. Related to Pakenham (2006), J.F avoided bad news as much as he could by…

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Part Three: The Stealth Epidemic Part three movie indicated that thirty percent of the Americans (nearly 100 million) are the victims of chronic illnesses such as diabetes, congestive heart failure, asthma, and many others. Treatment of these chronic illnesses consumes more than 70 percent of all health care resources. Healthcare professionals are unable to prevent needless suffering, even death. In addition, the healthcare management system does not provide enough education and prevention for…

complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability” (Macontis, 2014.) This theory as it relates to healthcare believes that every person has to be healthy and be a productive member of society. According to Talcott Parsons, illness causes dysfunction in society. People who are assumed ill are unable to perform their duties in society. The sick role according to Parsons, releases people from the normal obligations of daily life such as going to work or school (Macontis,…

Chronic illness is a term applied to an illness that is long lasting and has persistent signs and symptoms. In Australia one in five Australians are affected by multiple chronic diseases. (Australian Government: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2015) Emily suffers from two chronic diseases that affect her daily living. When caring for individuals who suffer from chronic diseases the three guiding principles should be used and health professionals should utilise the different…

that affect the respiratory system such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Tuberculosis, asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia, acute respiratory infections among others. Several additional respiratory conditions and respiratory hazards, including infectious agents and occupational and environmental exposures, are covered in other areas of Healthy People 2020. The symptoms for these diseases range from mild to severe that sometimes cause death in chronic conditions. Some of the symptoms include…

many others. Home visits and outreach programs are important for the patient, especially for elderly patient and those with chronic illness. By doing this, patients do not have to travel far and can cut transportation cost, and diverted that money for other health expenses such as medication. On top of that, long distance travel can be really tiring for chronic illness patient and elderly patient, and they might…