Reiki Treatment in Older Adults: Alternative Management for Anxiety‚ Pain‚ and Depression Heather Nicolle Stone Florida Atlantic University Reiki Treatment in Older Adults: Alternative Management for Anxiety‚ Pain‚ and Depression Anxiety‚ depression‚ and pain are relatively common in older adults‚ and treatment of these conditions is often challenging (Touhy‚ 2012‚ pp. 342-351; Jett‚ 2012‚ p. 324). This is due to lack of acknowledgement of these conditions by older adults and healthcare
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Demographics: Mr. S. is a 37-year-old man. Chief Complain: He has low back pain. 1. What additional subjective data would you collect from Mr. S? • History of present illness Acute or chronic: The patient experiences of acute low back pain. Joint complaints: He might experience of back joint dysfunction. He doesn’t experience of swelling. Muscular complaints: The patient has low back pain‚ muscle spasms‚ and muscle weakness. Medications-rx‚ otc and herbal supplement: He just has
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Pain is defined as “whatever the experiencing person says it is‚ existing whenever he or she says it does” (173). With the information provided in the scenario of Mr. Clark and Mrs. Wong‚ this writer believes Mr. Clark is experiencing the greatest amount of post-operative pain. The numerical pain rating scale provides supporting data due to Mr. Clark rating his pain as 8/10 and Mrs. Wong as 3/10. In addition to the numerical pain scale‚ a focused interview should be conducted. A focused interview
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Fear‚ Pain and Perception by XXXXX XXXXXXXX Sensation and Perception Literature Review Psychology 325 18 April 2004 Fear and pain constitute two of the most commonly misinterpreted concepts in human perception. When we are in a state of fear can we sense pain more or less acutely? It is commonly believed that amygdalitic coherence channels pain from the so-called ’fear centers’ via the relatively well understood epineuronic and pseudoneuronic mechanisms. Yet‚ there is little understanding
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Myth” by Victoria Braithwaite‚ biologists say “We shouldn’t be so quick to believe that fish don’t feel pain.” The Standing Committee of the European Convention for the Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes explains‚ "The skin of the fish is the first line of defence against disease and provides protection from the environment. It contains sensory receptors for touch‚ pressure and pain." In his book Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good‚ animal behaviorist Jonathan
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End of Life: Peace without Pain Jacqueline R. Reviel Loyola University New Orleans End of Life Peace without Pain Pain management during end of life care is crucial to the comfort and peace of the patient and their family. “With better pain control‚ dying patients live longer and better. Pain shortens life. Relief of pain extends life” (Zerwekh et al.‚ 2006‚ p.317). The nurse must educate about (a) disease pathology‚ (b) signs & symptoms‚ (c) interventions‚ (d) medications‚ (e) alternative
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unexplainable horrid pain. I lost feeling in my entire right arm during the testing. I had peace in my heart‚ but pain in my body. During the night I slept little because of all the pain. I was on painkillers‚ but they did not help. The drugs made me sluggish and not myself‚ but did not take the pain away. During the night while I was up I would pray. The day before I got the MRI results God spoke to me. He said‚ “You will need a neurosurgeon‚ Dr. Neuro
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survivors. Pain affected the people of Hiroshima physically‚ emotionally‚ and mentally. Were the people of Hiroshima capable to stay calm in the time of destruction? Pain affected the people of Hiroshima physically. When the atomic bomb dropped‚ many people were injured and many people also died. Many people of Hiroshima had to go to the hospital because of their injuries for example‚ broken bones and bad wounds. This explains how pain affected the people of Hiroshima physically. Pain affected the
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During this clinical situation‚ I was trying to make Bob pain free. To assist this a nursing assessment was performed‚ followed by planning and clinical reasoning to determine a clinical decision. I intervened to make Bob comfortable. A focused nursing assessment was performed‚ this included onset of pain and an abdomen assessment. It is important to focus on the patients’ presenting problem to establish a decision (Bickley‚2017). On assessment Bob had a distended lower abdomen. A distended lower
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INTRODUCTION Low back pain can be caused by several pathological entities and its perception can be altered by external and psychosocial factors. The large number of patients complaining about lumbar pain and its consequent impact are startling medical organizations to rethink not only the anatomical pathology‚ but also other topics that may influence or attenuate the clinical presentation‚ such as psychological factors‚ litigation‚ social and work status‚ and other secondary gains. 1‚2 Back pain has been associated
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