Active Learning Template and Concept Analysis: Crohn's Disease

This assignment presents a concept analysis of Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory condition affecting the gastrointestinal tract. The solution details the pathophysiology of Crohn's disease, explaining how inflammation damages the intestinal lining, restricts nutrient absorption, and can lead to complications like bowel narrowing, anal fissures, and related inflammatory conditions outside the digestive tract. The analysis emphasizes the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to IBD management, highlighting the role of nurses in evaluating practice, establishing priorities, and providing patient education. The assignment also includes an active learning template, focusing on the digestive system and nursing interventions, to facilitate a deeper understanding of the disease and its management. The assignment includes details on nursing interventions including patient education, assessment, and safety concerns related to the disease. The assignment is designed to help students understand the disease process, assessment, and management of Crohn's disease.

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WHO? WHEN? WHY? HOW?
Digestive system
The human digestive
system comprise of the
gastrointestinal tract and
many other organs for
digestion like tongue,
salivary glands, pancreas,
liver, and gallbladder.
Digestion involves the
breakdown of food into
smaller and smaller
components, until they can
be absorbed and
assimilated into the body.
Crohn's disease is an
inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD). It causes
inflammation in the
digestive tract that causes
abdominal pain, severe
diarrhoea, fatigue,
depletion of weight and
malnutrition. Inflammation
due to the Crohn's disease
can occur in different
portions of the digestive
tract in different people.
1. Crohn’ s disease is a chronic
inflammatory condition of the
gastrointestinal tract that can
occur at any portion of the GI tract.
2. The inflammation initially occurs
in areas of the mucosa that lines
the inside of the intestines. Later
the disease can invade deeper
tissues of the intestinal wall.
3. The inflammation damages the
lining of the intestine and thus it
restricts the absorption of
nutrients, water, and fats from the
food that’ s eaten. As the
inflammation invades deeper into
the intestinal tissues, the intestinal
wall becomes thicker, narrowing
the bowel lumen (the space
through which food passes).
4. Crohn's disease can also cause
problems around the anus. These
may include tiny but painful cracks
in the skin known as anal fissures.
5. Crohn's disease can cause a
variety of related inflammatory
conditions outside of the digestive
tract. The usual sites are skin,
joints, mouth, eyes, liver, and bile
ducts.
6. Due to the problems occuring in
the digestive system because of
Crohn's disease these leads to
different symptoms like rupture of
the intestine, painful eye
conditions, arthritis, hepatitis,
jaundice.
IBD management requires
a multidisciplinary
approach in which
physicians, nurses, social
workers work together.
Among the professionals
involved in therapy of IBD,
nurses play an important
role. Nurses must evaluate
their own professional
practice, establish
priorities, collaborate with
other professionals,
manage follow-up of
patient care.
People who have been
diagnosed with Crohn's
disease should be
educated on how to
prevent or manage the
disease.