R…Teixeira‚ M.L. (2010): Pain: elderly patients. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2011; 69(2-B): 387-394. The authors reviewed various double blind‚ randomized‚ controlled trials along with their systematic reviews to evaluate different methods of assessing and managing pain in demented and non-demented elderly people. They utilized articles published in Scopus‚ Pubmed and Web of Science from the years 1966 to 2010. In this literature they reviewed the physiology of pain in the elderly and the
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In this essay about pain management‚ I will be looking at a fictitious case study of Sam and his chronic back pain. Using cognitive theories including; Segal’s roles and duties‚ Bandura’s self-efficacy theory of reciprocal determinism and Melzack & Wall’s gate control theory‚ I will discover what the implications are of non-adherence to medical advice as well as poor methods of treatment. The biopsychosocial approach to health will be necessary here to further understand these theories. Introduced
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17 Diagnosis: Pain related to increased uterine contractions and pressure on pelvic structures Assessment Nursing Diagnosis Scientific Analysis Goals/Objectives Interventions Rationale Evaluation Subjective: “Ang sakit ng tiyan ko at ng likod ko‚ humihilab” as verbalized by the patient Objective: BP: 120/70 mmHg PR: 71 bpm RR: 17bpm Temp: 36.6 C Pain scale: 8 Pain related to increased uterine contractions and pressure on pelvic structures as evidenced by reports of pain with a pain scale of 8 (10
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deeper into some of those memories‚ you begin to discover some things that might have been misinterpreted. You may even reveal something deeper that changes the whole idea of that memory. It changes history. This is what happens to Lorraine in "The Pain Tree". After returning home‚ Lorraine digs into her past to discover the truth behind her childhood which reveals who she really is. Oliver Senior explores the idea of possessions with tangible items and memory to develop Lorraine’s understanding of
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Pain Management and Use of Alternative Therapies Pain is defined as what the person suffering the pain describes it to be and it occurs when the individual says they are in pain (Lewis‚ Dirksen‚ & Heitkemper‚ 2010‚ pp. 128). Thus‚ pain is subjective and specific to the patient. It is complex and multidimensional‚ and untreated pain can cause emotional distress‚ physical and psychosocial dysfunction‚ diminished recovery from acute ailments and procedures‚ immunosuppression‚ and sleep disorders
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thing but is is worth sacrificing everything? Is it worth putting yourself through so much pain up until the point of death? When analyzing The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare we see that love often cause tremendous pain both physically and emotionally. Anger‚ insults‚ heartbreak‚ and even death all share the same root...Love. In one occasion‚ Juliet and Lord Capulet causes each other pain in the scene when Juliet tells her father and mother that she does not want to marry Paris
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empower the practitioners to control their pain perception. It was conducted in 2011 by the neuroscientist Fadel Zeidan who followed the already established by Wilder Penfield fact - that sensation of pain is perceived by the brain at the same place where the feeling of touch is - that is‚ the somatosensory cortex. The experiment hypothesised that there will be a noticeable difference in the process of pain perception and reaction in people with chronic pain that had undergone MBSR intervention. Baseline
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This literature review will be looking at an assortment of scholarly articles available online in order to investigate the effects of different kinds of chronic joint pain‚ their causes and different methods of treatment with varying levels of effectiveness and acceptance by the medical community. Chronic joint pain is primarily caused by arthritis‚ the common name for over 200 diseases and conditions that cause swelling and inflammation of joints and surrounding tissues. The most common forms of
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unknowledgeable nature of youth exists as a naturalistic quality amongst teenagers; characters within the texts ‘Coming Back’ by David Hill and ‘Tully’ by Paullina Simons further endorse this characteristic. The themes of guilt and recovery as well as Pain and friendship provide insight into fundamental lessons that attest the responder’s values. A central concern addressed in ‘Coming back’ by David Hill is the primary battle existent within Ryan‚ which is endorsed in a series of actions that Hill associates
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Pain: A Concept Analysis Pain is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon that is subjective and unique to each individual. Pain is difficult to describe and often hard to measure; however‚ most healthcare professionals agree that pain is whatever the patient describes it to be. Pain is one of the most frequently used nursing diagnosis and is the most common problem for which patients in the clinical setting seek help (Cheng‚ Foster‚ & Huang‚ 2003). Unrelieved pain can have a profound impact on
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