who need long term pain management. Nurses who were in different stages of their career and who also had experience with a wide variety of patient populations ranging from those able to communicate pain as well as those who were not. The researchers used an electronic survey called the “Pain Assessment Survey” to obtain the data for this study. The beginning of the survey focused on obtaining background information about the nurse completing it‚ and the latter part used pain assessment tools to
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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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problem of management of acute and chronic pain. The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects proper pain management on nursing practice‚ population most effected by chronic and acute pain‚ ways to improve pain management from a nursing perspective. Practice Setting Problem The proper managing of acute and chronic pain is a hot topic in the field of nursing. The poor management of pain by nursing is well a documented problem. Of the five vital signs pain is the most subjective of them all.
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No Pain‚ No Gain INTRODUCTION I. Attention Catcher: I bet some of you have experienced the freshman 15. Some of you probably even felt like you would go to any lengths just to lose weight. For example‚ taking weight loss supplements. II. Audience Relevance: It would be peaches and cream if we didn’t have to get up and go work out and eat healthy. Only if we could take a magic pill and it all just go away and you could be the perfect size you want. III. Thesis Statement: Today I will inform
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Introduction Ingenious Pain tells the life story of James Dyer‚ a surgeon in eighteenth-century England who is gifted--and cursed--with the inability to feel physical or emotional pain. Beginning with his post-mortem‚ the novel traces the thirty-three years of his life‚ from his illegitimate conception on a frozen river‚ through the rise of his career from itinerant quack’s assistant to ship’s surgeon‚ and then to the court of Empress Catherine of Russia where he meets Mary‚ a mysterious woman who
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Weekly Reflective Journal #3 The week was a rollercoaster. We had many aspects go accordingly. However‚ we also had some issues this week. The week has also been exciting because I was given a new responsibility in the classroom. Intervention was scheduled to start on Monday. Unfortunately‚ due to the two hour delay we began intervention on Tuesday. I was nervous starting it. The three students in my group need help with letter identification and letter sounds. The students are engaged and interested
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Organisation Semester 2‚ 2007 Summary Reflective Overview Andress Hamenda (u4330344) Word Count: 4‚267 words Summary Reflective Overview (Week 1 to 13) By Andress Hamenda (u4330344) This is the end of our Management and Organisations class in 2007. We have accomplished the business report for the community project. We have evaluated our friends’ performance during the semester. We have also submitted all of our reflective learning journals. Others probably may think that they have
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PAIN MANAGEMENT WITH THE CORRECT TOOLS Lorin Fernandez TESC Health Assessment NUR-416 Dr. Pamela S. Card February 24‚ 2013 Introduction Cancer patients‚ end of life patients‚ patients with chronic diseases‚ and patients with a simple complaint of pain are all entitled to the best pain management available for their specific needs. This topic is of particularly important for nursing professionals who need to have the knowledge to adequately assess and manage a patient’s pain with the
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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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mortality in Kenya Infection rate is highest between 15-44 years with a nine fold increase since early 90’s due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The HIV infected have an increased incidence with a majority presenting with smear negative PTB Hypothesis Chest x-ray in itself is not an effective method of diagnosing smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis in H.I.V positive patients Broad Objective To assess the utility of the radiological manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV infected smear
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