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A nurse is conducting an educational session on self-care initiatives for chronic heart failure patients and their support persons prior to discharge from the hospital. Which topics should be included in the discussion?
 
  Select all that apply.
 
  1. Adapting activities of daily living
  2. Maintaining a sense of hope
  3. Maintaining a feeling of being in control
  4. Living as normally as possible
  5. Seeking third and often fourth opinions

Question 2

A patient with seizures is being monitored to determine if the seizure activity was present at birth or has been slowly developing. For which classifications of diseases is this patient's seizure activity being evaluated?
 
  1. congenital versus chronic
  2. acute versus chronic
  3. communicable versus functional
  4. idiopathic versus iatrogenic

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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1,2,3,4

Patients with chronic illnesses experience chronic diseases in different ways, but in general will need to adapt activities of daily living to their abilities, maintain a sense of hope and of feeling in control, and live as normally as possible. While seeking third and often fourth opinions might be a topic that interests patients, it is not a priority for patient education.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1

A congenital disease or disorder exists at or before birth; a chronic disease is one that requires continuing management over a long period. An acute disease has a rapid onset; a chronic disease requires continuing management over a long period. A communicable disease can be spread from one person to another; a functional disease affects function but does not have organic causes. An idiopathic disease has an unknown cause; an iatrogenic disease is caused by medical therapy.