MSN 624- IMPACT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS ON PT, FAM, AND
COMMUNITY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED
chronic illness theory?
trajectory framework, cause of an illness over time + action of clients, fam, & HCP to
manage course, set in motion by patho, & change in health status
dx may be same but each pt is different
what can illness trajectomy be shaped by?
actions of individual and fam so that dx course is stable, fewer exacerbations occur, and
s/s are better controlled
pretrajectory phase (preventative)?
overwt individual w/ fam hx of heart dx & H cholesterol & doesn't exercise
trajectory phase?
s/s of dx appear, diagnostic work-up
stable phase?
illness s/s under control
unstable phase?
period of inability to keep s/s under control
acute phase?
severe and unrelieved s/s or dx complications
crisis phase?
critical or life-threatening situations that require emergency tx to occur
comeback phase?
COMMUNITY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED
chronic illness theory?
trajectory framework, cause of an illness over time + action of clients, fam, & HCP to
manage course, set in motion by patho, & change in health status
dx may be same but each pt is different
what can illness trajectomy be shaped by?
actions of individual and fam so that dx course is stable, fewer exacerbations occur, and
s/s are better controlled
pretrajectory phase (preventative)?
overwt individual w/ fam hx of heart dx & H cholesterol & doesn't exercise
trajectory phase?
s/s of dx appear, diagnostic work-up
stable phase?
illness s/s under control
unstable phase?
period of inability to keep s/s under control
acute phase?
severe and unrelieved s/s or dx complications
crisis phase?
critical or life-threatening situations that require emergency tx to occur
comeback phase?
