Nursing 4400A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, Cognitive Restructuring, Lactulose
16 Dec 2016
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Symptom management in palliative care and end of life care. 50% of americans live with a chronic condition (heart, respiratory, cancer, arthritis, back pain). For treatments to be more effective, services need to be more readily available and better coordinated, with emphasis on early diagnosis and interventions that maintain health status and minimize episodes of acute illness. 96% live with an illness that is invisible. 60% are between the ages of 18 and 64 years. 90% of seniors have at least 1 chronic disease but most (77%) have 2 or more chronic diseases. 11. 1 million people are cancer survivors with various side effects from treatment, of whom 65% are expected to live at least 5 years. The divorce rate among the chronically ill is more than 75% Depression is 15% to 20% higher for people who are chronically ill than for the average person.
