Acute and Chronic Illness NUPD-701

Course Name:	Acute and Chronic Illness
Course Number:	NUPD-701
Category:	Health Professionals
Description	The focus of this course is to allow you to gain an understanding of the client and family experiences living with acute and chronic illness. You will critically explore the impact of illness on beliefs and behaviors with a view to fostering health within the illness experience. Concepts that will be covered in this course include chronicity, rehabilitation, illness trajectory, altered mobility, crisis, loss and grieving, palliation, acute and chronic pain, body image/stigma, quality of life, anxiety, confusion, and depression. You will have an opportunity through research, group discussion and independent study to expand their knowledge base of various client care situations in the area of acute and chronic illness.
Associated Programs	7993 - RPN to BScN Bridging to University Program Online Hybrid
Pre-requisities	No Prerequisites required for this course