NSE 407 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Health Promotion, Comorbidity
11 Sep 2018
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Chronic illnesses are the primary reason adults seek health care. Self-management: the ability of the individual, in conjunction with family, community, and healthcare professionals, to manage symptoms, treatments, lifestyle changes, and psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual consequences of health conditions. Optimal self- management entails the ability to monitor the illness and to develop and use cognitive, behavioral, and emotional strategies to maintain a satisfactory quality of life. The three tasks of self- management: medical management, such as taking medications and attending medical appointments, behavioral management, such as adapting lifestyle or life roles, emotional management, including processing emotions that arise from having a chronic illness. Several processes of self-management; problem solving, decision making, utilizing resources, partnering with healthcare providers, taking action, and improving self- efficacy. Common factors that can affect self-management include demographic factors (socioeconomic status and culture), clinical factors (comorbidities and complexity of the treatment regimen), and system factors (quality of relationships and communication with providers)
