Acute and Chronic Illness Exam
(2025)
Q&A
acute illness - answer-mostly curable, relatively short in duration
chronic illness - answer-long term (generally 3 months or longer), non-
curable, often associated with disability, but not always
implications of chronic illness - answer-learning to live with, coming to terms
with, transforms identity, changes role relationships and disrupts the living of
life
role of nurses in prevention and management of chronic illness - answer-the
nurse is the first point of contact a lot of the time, the nurse looks at the
whole patient picture (family, sociocultural, socioeconomic, etc)
phases of chronic illness - answer-pre trajectory, trajectory onset, stable,
unstable, acute, crisis, comeback, downward, dying
pre trajectory - answer-genetic factors or lifestyle behaviours that place an
individual or community at risk for the development of a chronic condition
trajectory onset - answer-appearance 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 - answer-illness course and symptoms are under control; biography
and everyday life activities are being managed within limitations of illness;
illness management centred in the home
(2025)
Q&A
acute illness - answer-mostly curable, relatively short in duration
chronic illness - answer-long term (generally 3 months or longer), non-
curable, often associated with disability, but not always
implications of chronic illness - answer-learning to live with, coming to terms
with, transforms identity, changes role relationships and disrupts the living of
life
role of nurses in prevention and management of chronic illness - answer-the
nurse is the first point of contact a lot of the time, the nurse looks at the
whole patient picture (family, sociocultural, socioeconomic, etc)
phases of chronic illness - answer-pre trajectory, trajectory onset, stable,
unstable, acute, crisis, comeback, downward, dying
pre trajectory - answer-genetic factors or lifestyle behaviours that place an
individual or community at risk for the development of a chronic condition
trajectory onset - answer-appearance 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 - answer-illness course and symptoms are under control; biography
and everyday life activities are being managed within limitations of illness;
illness management centred in the home
