Au Bon Pain opened its first up-scale fast food café in 1977. Since that time‚ Au Bon Pain has grown at a successful pace within the quick food service industry. It presently has 230 company-owned and franchised restaurants in the US and Asia. Back in 1986‚ the management of the company recognized that they were not performing as effectively and efficiently as they planned with over 11 years of operating experience. Furthermore‚ Ron Shaich‚ Au Bon Pain’s co-founder‚ felt the company was in the
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PAIN Observational pain assessment scales Title two-deck for people with dementia: a review Christine While‚ Dr Angus Jocelyn Christine While is Clinical Project Officer‚ Royal District Nursing Service and Dr Angus Jocelyn is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Arts Education and Human Development‚ Victoria University‚ Melbourne‚ Australia Email: cwhile@rdns.com.au O lder adults have a higher propensity to experience pain associated with chronic health problems‚ such as musculoskeletal
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Pain Management Name Institution Course Date Introduction Change is inevitable‚ and must be done or a particular organization or department will be overrun. Objectives must be considered in a department when undergoing change. This enables the people or a particular group to understand the main reason of it. Change should be progressive and more productive to ensure the company’s set vision and mission is achieved. In the health sector‚ change helps in improving safety of patients. Pain
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OUTCOME 10 A clinical management plan (CMP) is a triple agreement which has voluntary prescribing partnership between independent prescriber ( a doctor or dentist)‚ a supplementary prescriber and patient (Department of Health 2005). Partnership is a key principle and plan should be drawn up with patient agreement. ( Belton‚ 2014)The independent prescriber is responsible for diagnosis of the patient‚ make decisions with the supplementary prescribe who may review the patient and manage long term
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Background of the study “Pain is only what you allow it to be”.- Cassandra Clare Pain is a subjective experience‚ and infants and children respond to pain with the behavioural reactions that depend upon the age and cognitive processes. Pain may occur as a result of procedures‚ surgery‚ illness or injury. During infancy‚ reflective behaviour is dominant. Between 3 and 10 months of age‚ infants are able to localize pain as they withdraw their limbs‚ stool‚ hiccough and cry
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Myofascial Triggger Point:Acupuncture and Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy for Upper Back Pain | Literature Review Introduction This chapter is the review of the available literature concerning the theoretic content that is necessary to understand the trapezius muscle and its role in the symptoms associated with upper back pain. Particularly the issues about the types of trigger points‚ including a discussion of myofascial trigger point therapy and acupuncture trigger point therapy. More importantly
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This 29 years old patient’s main complaint is low back pain. Alex’s low back problem initiated 4 years ago and it has been bothering him since then. Low back pain is pain‚ muscle tension‚ or stiffness localised below the costal margin and above the inferior gluteal folds‚ with or without leg pain and is defined as chronic when it persists for 12 weeks or more (Chou‚ 2011). Low back pain should be considered a symptom that is rarely attributable to a specific disease or pathologic lesion (Seller
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GNT1 - Task One The case review presents a 73-year-old female patient who is brought to the emergency department after collapsing at her residence. Just prior to the incident‚ the patient is reported to have been acting “confused.” Upon arrival to the emergency department‚ the patient is having difficulty breathing with an increased respiratory rate and pulse. The nurse is unable to complete the initial examination before the patient becomes unresponsive and has increased work of breathing.
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assignment to explore all the potential reasons for challenging behaviour‚ the focus of this assignment will be on challenging behaviour in the context of the communication of pain‚ using a case study to illustrate this. This assignment will describe challenging behaviours‚ the behaviours associated with pain‚ and the management strategies employed by nursing staff‚ using a person-centred approach to care. Finally‚ ways of improving the care provided will be explored and recommendations made. The
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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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