Post-Operative Pain Control Jenifer S. McFarlane Grand Canyon University: NRS-433V Introduction to Nursing Research December 2‚ 2012 Unrelieved post-operative pain is one of the leading clinical challenges in the health care field. Despite vast research and numerous analgesic approaches in the management of pain‚ members of the health care profession continue to struggle in controlling or minimizing it in post-operative patients. Statistics indicate that about 43 million
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Ethics of Pain Oriented Studies The implementation of vertebrates as model organisms in experimentations is universally controversial‚ particularly when the aforementioned research is explicitly pain oriented. Concern over the wellbeing of stereotypical lab animals such as rats and mice are not misplaced‚ as long term exposure to pain has high risks of inducing greater levels of anxiety‚ alcohol abuse‚ and disturbing altercations of previously established behaviors (Anand‚ 1999); the risk to develop
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Pain and Able: Chronic Pain and Mood Disorders The ability to feel pain is something most people possess. It’s the body’s way of letting us know that something we are doing is damaging. Pain can range in intensity from annoying pain such as stubbing your toe to extreme pain such as child birth or kidney stone. We can all relate to these feelings of pain in one way or the other‚ but what happens when the pain doesn’t go away? When pain lingers on‚ it can affect many factors of a person’s life
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IT Academy Program 10 Microsoft Word IT ACADEMY LESSON PLAN Lesson 2 Turn potential into success IT Academy Program LESSON PLAN: MICROSOFT OFFICE 2010 // Microsoft Word 2010 Lesson 2: Editing a Document Learning Objectives Learning Goals // The goal of this lesson is for the students to successfully open‚ navigate‚ and modify a document. The student will save the document‚ with a new name or in a different format‚ and properly organize a storage location for future reference
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Homeostasis and Pain Management in Patient with Multisystem Failure Homeostasis and Pain Management in Patient with Multisystem Failure A. Assessment of Patient The assessment of Mrs. Baker should include vital signs including pulse oximetry. Given her difficulty in breathing‚ lung sounds should be auscultated. Because she is on two different medications that could affect blood pressure‚ lisinopril and hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ)‚ hypotension could be one cause of her collapsing. In addition
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Solution to Activity 5 4Ps of Marketing Marketing is a business function that identifies consumer needs‚ determines target markets and applies products and services to serve these markets. It also involves promoting such products and services within the marketplace. Marketing is integral to the success of a business‚ large or small‚ with its primary focus on quality‚ consumer value and customer satisfaction. A strategy commonly utilised is the "Marketing Mix". This tool is made up of four variables
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9/7/2012 English 101 On a scale from 1 to 10 "The Pain Scale" by Eula Biss is a very controversial and interesting piece of writing in which Bliss attempts to determine a scale to measure her pain. However‚ the writer begins to realize that the duty of associating pain with a number and measurement is much harder than it appears due to the fact that she is unsure what it truly means to "measure things". The practice of giving pain a set of numbers was introduced by the hospice movement in
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Assessment of pain http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-specialisms/pain-management/assessment-of-pain/1861174.article 18 September‚ 2008 | By Sharon Wood Assessment and diagnosis for succesful pain management To provide optimal patient care‚ nurses require appropriate knowledge‚ skills and attitudes towards pain‚ pain assessment and its management. This must be based on the best available evidence to prevent patients from suffering harm (NMC‚ 2008 ). It is unacceptable for patients
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In America‚ the management of workers by "assimilation into the workforce" is being replaced by the "integration of diversity." How would the author explain this shift in approach? I agree with some of the points made by Sowell. The integration of other cultures advances is so important to the growth of others. As pointed out by Sowell “cultures have enriched each other in all the great civilizations of the world.” (Pg 77) If we do not allow ourselves to learn from others then we are allowing
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Pain is a universal part of human experience and is defined as an emotional and sensory experience resulting from actual or potential damage (Merskey and Bogduk 1994). Pain that is experienced by any individual for a period of six months or more‚ disabling‚ thereby interfering with physical function is known as chronic pain. According to research‚ nurses are better able to relate with a chronic pain sufferer if they themselves suffer from chronic pain or has in time past being a victim to this “evil”
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