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How do acute cases differ from chronic cases in primary care?
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ACUTE AND CHRONIC ILLNESSES
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Acute and Chronic Illnesses
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ACUTE AND CHRONIC ILLNESSES
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Acute and chronic illnesses poses a great problem in the primary health care. Acute
illnesses are conditions that are localized in one area of the body while chronic illnesses involve
a number of organs in the body and their prognosis is usually very low. The health care system is
slow to adapt to management of acute illnesses as they are more severe and require specific
resources for treatment (Adams, Hendershot & Marano, 2017). Nurses play a vital role in the
treatment of the long term conditions. These conditions only require normalization of lifestyle of
the patient. This one requires only appropriate and prioritized nursing care to help the cope with
their condition together with their family caregivers. Acute and chronic illnesses have
similarities and differences. This paper is aimed at discussing the differences of the two
conditions.
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