[ANSWERED] NSG4055-Illness & Disease Management across Life Span CP02 Week 2 Project The Impact of Chronic Illness

Introduction

The Impact of Chronic Illness

In a Microsoft Word document of 4-5 pages formatted in APA style, describe the information collected about a person with a chronic illness. Please note that the title and reference pages should not be included in the total page count of your paper.

Identify one person from the illness group you chose in Week 1 to interview. The person should not be a patient at the facility in which you work. You can use friends, family members, or coworkers. Do not use the person’s name in the paper, only initials.

Administer the questionnaire you created in Week 1 to that person and address the following:

  • Compile the data and analyze the responses to better illustrate where this person, his or her family, and friends are in relation to accepting the diagnosis in relation to the standard health or illness definitions.
    • The analysis should also include coping skills, treatment, and support aspects of the illness.
  • Explain how this information will direct care plan development for the chosen illness group.
  • Include a copy of the interview you created with the responses from the person interviewed in an Appendix.

Support your responses with examples and information from library resources, textbook and lectures.

 

SOLUTION

The Impact of Chronic Illness: Cancer

The experience of suffering from a chronic disease is one of the most heartbreaking individual experiences. Patients with chronic cancer have difficulty accepting the diagnosis and an even harder time getting the necessary treatment based on the adverse impacts of available medication. The patients may also feel the need for ore care from those around them in completing tasks they would otherwise handle on their own. While the implications of the chronic conditions on the patient’s quality of life (QoS) and their overall health have been extensively researched and documented, there are gaps in the research on the implications of these illnesses on the family and friends of the patients (Ngo‐Huang et al., 2019). The experience of a close friend and family member suffering from chronic pain also significantly affects the close relations…………………………….$15