early Olympic Games were celebrated as a religious festival from 776 B.C. until 393 A.D.‚ when the games were banned for being a pagan festival (the Olympics celebrated the Greek god Zeus). In 1894‚ a French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin‚ proposed a revival of the ancient tradition‚ and thus the modern-day Olympic Summer Games were born. Host Greece won the most medals (47) at the first Olympic Summer Games in 1896. The United States has won more medals (2‚189) at the Summer Games than any
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! ! Negative Impacts of Video Games on Children ! ! There are various types of video games that negatively effect to children in today’s soci- ety. Playing video games became a popular activity. In nowadays‚ it is a multibillion-dollar in- dustry bringing in more money than movies and DVDs. Many children spend large amounts of time playing them.Video games are becoming more complex and realistic. Some video games may promote learning‚ problem solving and help with the developmental skills and
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Aim I am going to compare and contrast 3 pain assessment tools‚ which would be appropriate for use in our clinical area‚ using current literature‚ benchmarks and practice guidelines. If pain is what the person tell he is (McCaffery M‚ Pasero‚ 1999) therefore pain assessment tools should be based on the patient’s own perception of their pain and its severity. But sometimes it ’s difficult to express the pain that we feel into words. Pain assessment tools have two main categories: multi-dimensional
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the nature of mental pain and anguish. Dickinson illustrates a formless‚ internal entity that is unable to be revealed to others through mere outward signs and manifestations. She sets up the speaker within a uniform and synchronized external reality that becomes complicated by the temporally nonuniform experience of pain. Dickinson uses images and metaphors to expand or contract the operations of the speaker’s mind and consciousness to portray how the speaker deals with pain. She breaks away from
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PAIN MANAGEMENT Definition of Pain Pain is defined as localized physical suffering associated with bodily disorder (as a disease or an injury) also basic bodily sensation induced by a noxious agent or stimulus‚ received by naked nerve ending‚ characterized by physical discomfort (pricking‚ throbbing‚ aching) and typically leading to evasive action. Definition of Pain Management Pain management is defined as the process of providing medical care that alleviates or reduces pain. Pathophysiology
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Subjective: Pt states “my pain is still at 8/10‚ is my medication working?” Objective: 1. DX-UTI & possible urosepsis‚ Hip Fracture and fall during not a candidate for surgery‚ CHF 2.Buck’s traction applied 3. Assessment: Limited mobility‚ SOB‚ confusion‚ does not want to get out of bed due to pain & fear of falling‚ 4. Meds: Hydrocodone 7.5 mg/acetaminophen 325mg 1 to 2 tab PO‚ PRN for pain Tylenol 650 mg 2 PO‚ PRN for pain |
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is a term used to describe the interconnected maze of nerves that carry the painful stimulus to all the different areas of the brain such as the central cortex‚ thalamus and limbic system that are involved in perceiving‚ reacting to and regulating pain. (Keefe‚ Abernethy & Campbell 2005‚ Melzack 2005‚ 2001‚ 1999‚ Moseley 2003) Essentially three different areas of information feed into the neuromatrix. 1. Sensory information from our physical body (skin‚ muscle‚ organs etc). 2. Cognitive
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ages‚ older adults with chronic pain are increasing dramatically. Research has found that 50 percent of the elderly who live on their own and 75-85 percent of the elderly in care facilities suffer from chronic pain (NIH Medline Plus‚ 2011). Nonetheless‚ most elders with chronic pain do not receive adequate treatment. Elder people often believe that pain is inevitable as a natural process of getting old. Society also imposes the belief that unable to endure the pain is a sign of being weak and old;
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Neck pain Neck pain can be caused by many conditions. Here I mainly talk about nonspecific neck pain. Nonspecific neck pain is the most common type of neck pain. Acute neck pain is a sudden-onset pain in the neck. It is often due to neck muscle strains‚ muscle spasm or tendon or ligament sprain. This can be caused by poor posture‚ sleep in an awkward position‚ carrying heavy loads‚ stay in one position for a prolonged period of time for example‚ working on desk‚ or driving for long period of time
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able to state cause of the pain by 3/12/2012 2. The client will be able to verbalize the changes of the pain level after giving the pain treatment by 3/12/2012. 3. The client will be able to demonstrate two methods to relieve pain by 3/12/2012. 1. Ongoing assessments a) Assess pain characteristics including quality‚ severity‚ anatomical location‚ onset‚ duration‚ aggravating factors. b) Assess client’s perception of the effectiveness of methods used for pain relief in the past. c) Assess
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