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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Chop ‘Em Boys Have you ever gotten one of your limbs sawed off by some lady with a rusty saw? Probably not. If you have‚ sorry about that‚ but you’re not alone. A while ago‚ in 1861‚ the Civil War in the United States began. The deadliest war in American history‚ and it’s not because a bunch of boys were shooting each other with minié balls. It’s because medical hygiene didn’t exist until a few hundred thousand soldiers died of infections. Fortunately‚ someone figured it was a bad idea chopping off
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Lyrical Pain Laura AM Peffer Virginia College Lyrical Pain Music dates back over 40‚000 years where most music was influenced by natural surroundings like animal sounds and wind whistling through the trees. Now‚ most musical influence comes from the experiences and emotions the songwriter faces at the time. A quote of Bob Marley‚ a well-known Rastafarian singer‚ states “One good thing about music: when it hits you‚ you feel no pain.” This quote envelops the idea that
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At a time when pain management is the prevalent way of dealing with challenges we as humans encounter towards the end of our lives‚ many of us have not had a chance to familiarize ourselves with the way dying occurs when we allow it to happen in its own good time while the dying individual receives full comfort care. What we do not know easily creates fear and this is especially true when it comes to a topic as emotionally charged as facing the death of a loved one. When it comes to Life-and -Death
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’alternative medicine’ are deceptive euphemisms meant to give an impression of medical authority. Many women have pain with their periods‚ especially when they are in their teens. In most cases‚ menstrual pain does not mean a more serious problems‚ although sometimes it can be associated with endometriosis or uterine fibroids‚ non-cancerous tumors in the uterus. Menstrual pain is oftenly used synonymously with menstrual cramps‚ but the latter may also refer to menstrual uterine contractions‚ which
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Pilot Project: The Chronic Pain Diary Student: Hetal Patel Nurs 260 Semester – II Teacher: Mary McGrory March 17‚ 2009 Article evaluation The nursing journal “Pilot Project: The Chronic Pain Diary” is an assessment of chronic pain in the Nursing home population. The author of this journal is Dr. Kathy K Hager and Dr. Dorothy Brockopp. Dr. Hager is an Assistant Professor of Nursing in Bellarmine University Lansing School of Nursing from Louisville – Kentucky and Dr
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PAIN Innocent plumule out of the lonely seed‚ Illusion of darkness was seen‚ Things seen were absorbed‚ Sun‚ water‚ air what happened? Fell in a tunnel‚ Lights were not yet seen‚ Faith slowly became weak‚ Fallings‚ please stop! Dodge‚ defence and attack like a boxer‚ Easy start yet harder comes‚ Not a single blink of an eye‚ Be firm and don’t loosen up a single muscle! Fill with all bright colours‚ Four bright colours over one dark colour‚ Darkness was unseen yet brightness
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expect during labor is a major concern. Since pain is expected‚ or at least discomfort‚ the first question most ask is‚ “What can I do to prevent‚ or at least relieve to some degree‚ the pain associated with labor if I want to avoid medical interventions or side effects associated with medical pain relief such as epidurals and pain medication?”. This research study will look deep into this question and research the pros and cons of multiple natural pain relief/reduction methods such as; Lamaze‚ Bradley
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RATIONALE | EVALUATION | Pain related to scoliosis as evidenced by a pain scale of 8/10.CUESSubjective: * “ masakit yung likod ko‚ iba sya sa pangangalay‚ basta sobrang masakit lalo na nung before ako iadmit dito sa hospital.” * “madalas kase sumasakit ang likod ko”.• patient was taking a bath when she noted a “pressure” pain at the lumbar area.Objective: * Client rates her health as 6 out of 10 because she feels weak caused by her condition. * 8/10 in severity of pain * Observed client position
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Pain and Suffering Yelling and screaming of the ecstatic crowd is all that could be heard. They couldn’t even tell what was going on down on the field; everyone was silent. At age twenty seven and only five years into his career the second best rusher in the National Football league had been injured. It was on a Christmas eve‚ a game where Adrian Peterson’s great year would come to an alarming end. It was on a regular routine run play up the middle where he obtained the complete ACL and partial
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