Module 1A: Actue & Chronic Diseases Flashcards
acute disease
rapid onset and requires urgent or short-term care, symptoms improve with treatment (e.g., broken bone, MI)
chronic disease
long-term condition, symptoms require long-term management (e.g., cancers, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic lung disease)
acute & chronic risk factors
tobacco, harmful alcohol use, hypertension, physical immobility, ↑ cholesterol, obesity, poor diet, ↑ blood glucose
direct care
assessment of physical status, providing wound care, managing medications
supportive care
ongoing monitoring, teaching, counselling, severing as an advocate, making referrals
pre-trajectory
genetic factors/lifestyle behaviours that place an individual or community at risk for developing a chronic condition
trajectory onset
appearance of noticeable symptoms
stable
illness course and symptoms are under control
unstable
inability to keep symptoms under control or reactivation of illness
acute
severe and unrelieved symptoms or development of illness complications needing hospitalization or bed rest to bring illness course under control
crisis
critical or life-threatening situation needing emergency treatment or care
comeback
gradual return to an acceptable way of life within limits imposed by disability or illness
downward
illness course characterized by rapid or gradual physical decline accompanied by increased disability or difficulty in controlling symptoms
dying
final days or weeks before death
nursing management chronic diseases
identify trajectory phase, establish goals, plan to achieve desired outcomes, identify factors that facilitate or hinder attainment of goals, implement interventions, evaluate effectiveness of interventions
