摘要: This chapter is about care for patients in hospital who have co-morbid chronic illnesses. Hospital nursing has traditionally been focused upon a concerted, therapeutic attention to an acute illness or injury. For example when enter surgery the focus on preparing them operation, attending their needs and well-being during surgery, assisting recovery from anaesthetic, supporting pain relief healing, coaching return previous levels of function post operatively. Similarly, patient admitted medical reliant that delivers interventions relevant health condition, monitors patient’s response these interventions, provides symptom manifestations supports emotional biophysical requirements daily admission. You will find does still involve activities but outcomes you are working towards different this one dimensional, curative focus. Over past decade demographic changed. Patients injury increasingly likely at least existing addition concern practice setting include disease management.