NSE 21A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Blood Transfusion, Trillium, Pediatrics
5 Dec 2017
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Nse 21 - nursing theory ii: concepts, individual and family. Trajectory of an illness: an illness is a journey; it is not static, trajectory refers to physical unfolding of a disease (going through different phases, total organization of work done over course of disease. To what illnesses has this trajectory been applied: this is best applicable to a degenerative disease that becomes worse as time goes on (eg. als) (penrod, et al. , 2011, p. 8) Trajectory of end of life caregiving: many informal caregivers experience this trajectory, 4 phases punctuated by 3 critical key transitions, core variable (unifying theme) = seeking normal. A patient is diagnosed with cancer; there is initially optimism and hope that the course of treatment will make a difference in their health. If someone has diabetes, copd, htn (chronic conditions) they have a health issues but it is not terminal. A patient could die because their chronic condition is a contributor to their disease (ie. hx of.
