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acute illness -:- A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover chronic illness -:- irreversible illness that causes permanent physical impairment and requires long-term health care Phases of Chronic Illness -:- pretrajectory trajectory stable unstable acute crisis ...

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NURSING 232 MIDTERM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS | LATEST
UPDATE
acute illness


✓ -:- A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover




chronic illness


✓ -:- irreversible illness that causes permanent physical impairment and

requires long-term health care




Phases of Chronic Illness


✓ -:- pretrajectory

trajectory


stable


unstable


acute


crisis




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comeback


downward


dying




prejectory phase of illness


✓ -:- genectic factors and lifestyle can put the patient at risk for

developing a disease




trajectory of illness


✓ -:- pearance of noticeable symptoms; includes period of diagnostic

workup and announcement of diagnosis; may be accompanied by

biographic limbo as person begins to discover and cope with implications

of diagnosis•




stable phase of illness


✓ -:- ilnesses course and symptoms are under control; biography and

everyday life activities are being managed within limitations of illness;

illness management centred in the home•




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unstable phase of illness


✓ -:- iod of inability to keep symptoms under control or reactivation of

illness; biographic disruption and difficulty in carrying out everyday life

activities; adjustments being made in regimen, with care usually taking

place at home




acute phase of illness


✓ -:- svere and unrelieved symptoms or the development of illness

complications necessitating hospitalization or bed rest to bring illness

course under control; biography and everyday life activities temporarily

placed on hold or drastically cut back




Crisis phase of illness


✓ -:- critical or life-threatening situation requiring emergency treatment

or care; biography and everyday life activities suspended until the crisis

passes




comeback phase of illness




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