treatment for pain control‚ and proceeding events. First of all‚ we would like to extend our appreciation for bringing your concerns to our attention. Please know that your concerns have been shared with the Director of 5W‚ David Perkins‚ Executive Director of Quality‚ Chief Medical Officer‚ and the Quality Improvement Council. They have conducted a thorough investigation and a full examination of your records. Documentation shows that after surgery‚ when you returned to 5W‚ your pain score was
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PHIL 1103: Ethics End-Term Exam Name:_____________________________________________ Class ___________ Date:____________ I. Identify the following kinds of theories of philosophical ethics. (1 point each for a total of 7 points) 1.) Moral goodness consists in the collective cultivation of the virtues‚ such as courage‚ honesty‚ justice‚ generosity‚ etc. in human agents. 2.) The moral goodness of acts (and their agents) is determined by the nature of those
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symptoms‚ such as pain‚ irregular flow‚ or a change of the color of your period‚ there may be something wrong with your health. Here are some period symptoms that will help you to identify whether you are dealing with some health problem. Period Pain While experiencing some small amount of pain during your period is a common issue‚ excessive pain that lasts for days has to be examined by a healthcare professional. There are a few health conditions that are related to your period pain. Dysmenorrhea The
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INTRODUCTION Pain is an important sensation that alerts to a threatening condition in the body’s tissues.1 Like hunger or thirst‚ it is a motivational somatic state that drives appropriate behavioral responses‚ but chronic pathological pain can also completely dominate attention and consciousness and cause intolerable suffering.2 Our knowledge of the representation of pain in the peripheral nerves‚ the spinal cord‚ and the brain is increasing‚ and become aware that many neurochemicals involved
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Chest pain or pressure that patients feel is commonly called angina. This usually occurs as a symptom of a problem with the heart and its blood supply. There are two types of angina called stable and unstable. Stable angina is where a person is feeling pain‚ chest pressure‚ or radiant pain in left arm and back with exertion. The more serious type is unstable angina‚ which means having those symptoms even at rest. There is a system of arteries that supply oxygen rich blood to the myocardium‚ or heart
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Tick tock tick tock! Constant unfamiliar sounds flooded my ears as I lay in bed. Something about a hospital transports you to a different place‚ nothing feels warm and inviting. Lying in bed on June fourteenth dealing with pain from the day’s surgery my mind enjoyed moments of solitude. Remembering things I rather forget I reminisced on the past day. Waking up at five I expected to by home by six that night‚ the doctors had all but promised. Going in to it the usual procedures happened‚ the peeing
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discussing one of such imperfections ‚ "The Referred pain" which I have called a Glitch in the Nervous system and you will know why as you read this post.And we will also be discussing its Medical implications. What is a Referred Pain? A pain which is felt at the distant site from the organ diseased but not felt at the diseased organ itself is referred pain. Didn’t get it? .. When a part of body organ is damaged or diseased you will not feel pain there‚ instead you will feel it on some other distant
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Pain reported by a patient is known as subjective data. Based on the person’s location of pain and type of pain can greatly affect the patients performance of daily activities‚ sleep patterns‚ and engaging in social activities (Treas‚ Wilkinson‚ 2014). In this scenario the 60-year-old African-American female with metastatic ovarian cancer is experiencing chronic pain. This pain would be defined as the patient experiencing visceral pain. Visceral pain activates deep internal pain receptors that are
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Pain is a symptom caused by physical‚ emotional‚ or psychological hurt or disorder. At some point in time you must have experienced pain and no you know that no one is exempted from suffering ailments. You are a human being and everyone you know the last time you checked and thus all are physically vulnerable to pain. Since this is the case‚ then you must learn how to manage pain so you can alleviate the symptom into a bearable predicament for a hurting individual or patient. This is what pain management
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Low back pain is a very common health problem worldwide and a major cause of disability - affecting performance at work and general well-being. The lifetime prevalence of low back pain is estimated at 60-85%‚ while the annual prevalence in the general population is ranging from 15-45%.1 The 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study estimated that low back pain is among the top 10 diseases and injuries that account for the highest number of Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) worldwide.2 There are many
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