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NURS501 - Integrated Nursing Concepts Report

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Integrated Nursing Knowledge and Assessment (NURS501)

   

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NURS501 - Integrated Nursing Concepts Report, health care systems were not designed for the maintenance and prevention of chronic conditions but rather to identify, treat, and at times produce cures for symptoms. Most health care providers deal with chronic disorders as if they are episodic and acute, the consequence is a mismatch between the costly demands of health care and the health needs of the patients.  The issue that the health care provider views from a biomedical replica are an alteration in function or structure.

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Auckland University of Technology

   

Integrated Nursing Knowledge and Assessment (NURS501)

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DISCUSSIONByStudent’s NameInstitution AffiliationDate of Submission
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DISCUSSIONPart 1ChronicityAccording to Larsen (2006), health care systems were not designed for the maintenance and prevention of chronic conditions but rater identifying, treating, and at times producing cure for symptoms. Most health care providers deal with chronic disorders as if they are episodic and acute, the consequence is a mismatch between the costly demands of health care and the health needs of the patients. Most of the common diseases that cause this mismatch include obstructive pulmonary, diabetes, asthma; arthritis, cancer, HIV/Aids and hepatitis C (Scher, Buse, Adams and Lipton 2017). When one is suffering from a chronic condition one can suffer from a number of different illness, have diminished mental or physical capacity, or even disability.Illness approach rather than disease approachDisease refers to the issue that the health care provider views from a biomedical replica, which isan alteration in function or structure. On the other hand, illness refers to the experience of suffering and symptoms and points to how the disease is alleged, lived with, and reacted to by the patient and their families. In most cases, a chronic illness like obstructive pulmonary is addressed as an acute illness rather than a disease. Due to this the medical practices are usually organized to respond to patients illnesses which are tended to be urgent , sort and are easily treated and diagnosed. This approach leads to poor health care services as the medical staff requires that the patients should be the one contacting them. At the time of administering the treatment, most of the patients are usually passive. The visits to the doctors are usually more focused on symptoms rather than patient –centered. Chronic conditions should be treated as chronic disease, this enable the medical practitioners to have a planned and integrated care within the system that most clients can easily relate to. The patients are also expected to be partners in ways which the clients can manage their diseases (Larsen, 2006). Depression as co-morbidityDepression commonly occur to patients suffering from chronic illness. In other cases depression is usually as a result of chronic illnesses. Patients who suffer from chronic disease have an
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overall burden to their illnesses leading to depression. Depression causes a faster progression of chronic diseases such as heart diseases. People who suffer from chronic diseases may be forced to use alcohol and tobacco which is a lot more harmful to their health. Most physicians hardly recognize that a patient is suffering from a chronic disease. The physicians may not even look beyond the chronic illnesses and fail to explain symptoms such as poor concentration or fatigue. However, depression can be treated through first identifying whether medications or the medical problems are causing depression. Treating the disease or changing the medication can treat depression (Green et al. 2013). Part 2Self-managementOne of the most chronic and burdensome condition is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Warwick, Gallagher, Chenoweth & Parbury 2010). This condition requires self- management to prevent it from becoming severe. Self-management is a daily process where persons aims to manage their illness. It is also the ability of people who have chronic diseases to work together with the community, family and healthcare professionals to treat diseases, managesymptoms and have lifestyle changes. People living with chronic diseases can reduce the progression of the disease through self-management. The individual should first understand the illness he or she is suffering from, this will allow them get involved in its management (Chang and Johnson 2014).According to Schulman-Green et al. 2013, self-management means the ability to manage the lifestyle changes, treatment ,symptoms psychological and physical change that are brought aboutby a chronic disease. It is also the ability of an individual to monitor his or her condition to adjustto the emotional, behavioral and cognitive responses that are required for one to live a quality life. Self-management skills that should be acquired in order to manage their chronic diseases include adjusting of one’s lifestyle, managing medication, gathering information, managing symptoms and communicating effectively.
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