NURS201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Indoor Air Quality, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Diabetes Mellitus Type 1
13 Dec 2017
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Caring for clients & families with chronic illness note-taking guide. Most common in canada: heart disease, stroke, cancer, obesity, type ii diabetes, arthritis. In children: asthma, type i diabetes and epilepsy. Most prevalent: prevalence measures existing disease in a population at a particular time. Public health agency of canada chronic diseases share common risk factors and conditions. Behavioral risk factors: smoking, alcohol, decreased physical activity, poor nutrition, obesity. Cultural or environmental factors: cultural traditions, food security, poverty, doh. Poverty creates conditions for chronic disease: tobacco use / exposure as coping mechanism, poor nutrition, low physical activity, harmful use of alcohol as coping mechanism, poor indoor air quality, decreased access to healthcare. Increased risk of disabilities and premature death: increased household expenditures. Group activity: nursing the chronically ill client in the community. Anxiety, depression apathy, helplessness, frustrated, guilty, tired, low self esteem, angry, denial, Emotions experienced by the family of a chronically ill family member:
