Nursing Diagnosis 1. Acute pain R/T: inflammation and obstruction of the gallbladder AEB: patient verbalizes abdominal pain of 7/10‚ grimaces‚ rubs his stomach‚ BP 158/79‚ T990F 2. Deficient knowledge R/T: lack of knowledge about the importance of incentive spirometer AEB: patient says that he does not know how to use and needs to know more about its importance. 3. Risk for deficient fluid volume R/T: restricted intake 4. Risk for imbalanced nutrition less than body requirement R/T: impaired
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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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Running Head: TOUCH‚ PAIN‚ ACUPUNCTURE Sensory Deficit of Touch‚ its Pain and Acupuncture Applied Learning Paper Debra A. Hankerson Abstract This writer will be exploring the topic‚ Is acupuncture an effective therapeutic treatment for the chronic pain associated with the sensory deficit of touch? Touch will be explored; what it is‚ causes for deficit of touch‚ chronic pain associated with the deficit‚ and the effects of the deficit. Acupuncture will be defined; its historical background
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Tutor: Judith Hassan Chirwa 2012 Pain Short Answer Questions Compare and contrast acute and chronic pain. Pain is a human experience which can be uncomfortable‚ with the potential to be horrible. The proper definition of pain is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain‚ it states that pain is “an unpleasant sensory (shooting‚ aching or burning) and emotional (frightening‚ annoying or sickening) experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described
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choronic post surgical pain: Preoperative risk factors associated with high incidence of chronic post surgical pain: • Preoperative pain‚ not localized to previous nonsurgical site‚ is strongly related to chronic post surgical pain (Gerbershagen‚ 2010). • Intensity and duration of preoperative pain (Katz‚ 2009). • Younger female is more prone to having postsurgical pain (Richardson‚ 2007). • Excessive fear of surgery has identified as a predictor for postsurgical pain (Peters‚ 2007). • Chronic
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Provide support to manage pain and discomfort 1.1 Explain the importance of a holistic approach to managing pain and discomfort. it is important to have a holistic approach to managing pain and discomfort as this is looking the situation as a whole‚ and how the ways of managing pain and discomfort could have an impact on the person’s life altogether. When you try to find out where the pain originates from this can help you to decide the best way to treat it. When you know the cause‚ you can resolve
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In the writing‚ “The Pain Scale” by Eula Biss‚ the author compares multiple things to one another. She is describing how different concepts can be used to show the confusion of the pain scale used in hospitals and doctor’s offices. Eula compares the thought of Christ the number zero. She first starts out by stating that “The concept of Christ is considerably older than the concept of zero. Both are problematic – both have their fallacies and their immaculate conceptions. But the problem of zero
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Topic: Piriformis Block for Sciatic Pain Keyword: Back Pain Therapy What is the Sciatic Nerve? The sciatic nerve is the most massive single nerve in the body that bridges the spine and the lower extremities. It is fed by a total of five nerves originating from the spinal cord‚ transcending the length of the lower spine to the buttocks‚ branching out‚ and continuing to the foot. It innervates the skin and muscles of the lower limbs via the tibial and peroneal nerves. It also provides strength to
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Pain is a subjective experience and unpleasant sensation that associated with tissue impairment (Ogino et al.‚ 2007). Post-operative pain is a commonly actual post-operative complication of most general surgeries (Abdalrahim et al.‚ 2011). Therefore‚ Evelyn is likely to have pain due to the surgical tissue trauma and the replacement of the knee joint. Post-operative pain is a major concern during the recovery of patients because pain is a distressing symptom‚ poorly controlled pain may contribute
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described. DIAGNOSIS: - Pain in left foot 12/16/15 Progress Report documented that the patient has left foot pain‚ which is described as stabbing‚ aching pain‚ which shoots up the leg with excessive walking and standing. The patient benefited greatly from a sympathetic nerve block. She was able walk and sensitivity of the foot was restored. The pain is rated 3/10-scale level with medications. There are no side effects‚ no aberrant behavior to the meds. The med provide good pain relief. She is currently
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