NSE 21A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: List Of Rugrats Characters, Ventricular Tachycardia, Myocardial Infarction
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Acute illness: a disease with an abrupt onset and usually short course; can progress rapidly and requires urgent care; runs course regardless of drug intervention; severe. Coughs, colds, sleeplessness, flu, broken bone and asthma attack. Chronic illness: an illness that is prolonged, does not resolve spontaneously, and is rarely cured completely; disease that develops slowly and persists for a long period of time, often for the remainder of the lifetime of the individual. Cancer, aids, kidney disease, diabetes, tuberculosis, alzheimer"s, parkinson"s, sarcadosis, osteoporosis or asthma. Theories and concepts to focus on while reading: family theory, attachment, pain, crisis, coping, anger, anxiety, quality of life, grieving, dying process, empowerment, Temperament: the usual attitude, mood or behaviour of a person, Think about nursing interventions used in each scenario. Phenomenology: understanding the meaning of (a client"s) lived experiences of health and healing. Understand health, well-being and quality of life from the client"s perspective.
