Chronic Nursing Care

CHRONIC NURSING CARE

      Chronic Nursing is usually attributed to especial attention for people who have a chronic disease to be able to help them and give proper medical and psychological attention while suffering from such condition. Usually the Nursing Care professionals are focused on the elderly people who have conditions of incurable and sensitive experiences of diseases not just medical aid but also humanitarian attention and intervention are needed in such cases. Sometimes nurses may need to listen to their needs; most elderly want someone to talk to, someone who can listen and motivate them to accept the condition in a later side of their life. Nurses are particularly prepared to handle this people with chronic disease.

      Depending on the conditions of the patients but most chronic nursing care professionals are usually needing more patience in handling this situation it require a thorough intervention in order to get their attention. Some patients are not very cooperative they may even exercise resistance while being diagnosed, their behavior may sometimes show violence towards medical and nursing aid and somehow the management of their disease will even put to the test because of this reasons but usually the chronic nursing care do expect to handle this kind of situation. Patients with chronic diseases whether in the hospital or at home are given a structural and descriptive approach according to their psychological capacity in order to handle the treatment. They require proper management, monitoring, recording and consistent follow ups in their conditions to be able to handle progress.

      In the case of non participation of patients the chronic nursing care needs the help of the immediate family, usually during physical intervention the immediate family can be the one to conduct the cure while the nursing care personnel gives the instruction for example in taking the prescription, dressing up or taking a bath, bowel movement etc. the role of the nurses is of prime importance to chronic patients because they can see and measure variable adjustment necessary and still in this conditions chronic nurses are expected to be very helpful in meeting the demand of the patients they play the most important part in bringing a good suggestion and decision making to the doctor.

      The role of the chronic nursing care professionals first and foremost is to take care of the patient’s physical and emotional conditions to be able to motivate them and uplift their spirit and create cooperation for proper treatment. Educate the patients and the member of the family in case of home aid to choose a healthier lifestyle rather than their usual pattern. If possible they also want to teach the patients to become independent in basic care or personal care such as basic hygiene, tooth-brushing, etc. and even accepting simple medicines etc. this will boost their confidence in order to eliminate unbearable and unhealthy problem that may arise. The truth is that if the patient is cooperative in medication almost fifty percent of their disease is partly cured.   

      The demand for chronic nurses in America and Europe is very high, people are aging more rapidly because of their lifestyle and the needs for chronic nursing professionals is even higher according to Patricia Stark Dean of University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston School of Nursing in Texas. Nearly fifty percent of adults may suffer from chronic disease if they do not comply with healthy living conditions during their youth or early aging. Another consideration of the elderly and people with chronic disease is the rising amount of medical services and the price of the medicine could hardly add up to the problem of the elderly, the cause of living condition of people living in America is high enough that if a member of the family could suffer this could mean another problem in their life through medical expenses instead of spending their money on such basic needs.

      If the family member may not have enough resources to bring their patients and if they do not have any medical insurance they may be able to obtain the right available medical treatment. In America chronic disease patients can use the options of health reform bill known as the Patient’s Protection and Affordable Care Act. This law provides tremendous benefits and affordable care for health challenge Americans. Lastly, patients with chronic disease definitely need more individual attention and intervention in order to control their conditions and give them necessary cure. Julie Cherry RN, MSN, PHN believed that the chronic nursing care in America is ready to serve them.  

References:

http://www.nursezone.com/Nursing-News-Events/more-features/Nurses%E2%80%99-Growing-Role-in-Chronic-Care-and-Disease-Management_34326.aspx http://burgess.house.gov/UploadedFiles/hr3590_health_care_law_2010.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_care_management                   

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14521681  

         

     

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