Nursing Discussion Post
TASK
Post your initial response to one of the two topics below.
Consider the following factors that affect chronic illness when responding to your selected topic - pain, stigma, social isolation, altered mobility, or fatigue.
Topic I
1. Based on the research, which of the factors above have the greatest impact on a patient? Why?
2. Contrast at least two ways the factors would affect a twelve-year-old with the way they would affect a seventy-five-year-old.
Topic II
Consider the twelve-year-old and the seventy-five-year-old have a chronic illness.
1. Describe the chronic illness trajectory.
2. How does the chronically ill patient's illness trajectory influence the plan of care?
The response must include a reference list. One-inch margins, double-space, Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font and APA style of writing and citations.