SENSE ORGANS RECEPTORS (Sense organs) * Transducers of specific forms of kinetic energy * Change mechanical‚ electrical‚ thermal‚ chemical‚ or radiant energy into nerve impulses in sensory neurons Two major categories: * GENERAL RECEPTORS * Often exist as individual cells or receptor units * Widely distributed throughout the body * Most numerous such as: * touch‚ temperature‚ and pain: and * to initiate various reflexes necessary for maintaining
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To what extent is our sense perception a reliable source of knowledge? Ramelia Merritt 10/27/14 To start with‚ using our senses many possibilities for knowledge are openedto us. Our senses have some limitations that prevent us from our knowledge. But what is knowledge? Generally‚ knowledge is a term that a lot of people accept when they want to say that they know something. More specifically‚ knowledge for meis when I can not only know something‚ but when I can understand something. Knowledge is
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Case 5 – Pelvic Pain in a 36 year old Woman 1.0 History 1.1 Presenting Complaint A 36 year old woman presented with 4/12 history of suprapubic pain‚ radiating to her lower back and legs. The pain is worse at the start of her menstrual cycle (pain scale 8/10) and is intermittent‚ but not fully relieved at any time during the month. She also feels like there is pressure on her bowels and her bladder‚ she states she feels as if she needs to pass urine and faeces “all the time”. Regular paracetamol
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The Spine Changes With Age And Causes Of Back Pain As we age‚ changes back - the spine to age. At the doctor will call signs of aging for degenerative changes. Such changes can be seen‚ among other things‚ on radiographs. With age‚ the joints will often gradually thinner cartilage. It called for cartilage wear or osteoarthritis‚ the x-ray called it usually intervertebralledsartros. The bone in the joints edges becomes stronger and the formation of "pimples". Even vertebral edges are over the years
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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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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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’alternative medicine’ are deceptive euphemisms meant to give an impression of medical authority. Many women have pain with their periods‚ especially when they are in their teens. In most cases‚ menstrual pain does not mean a more serious problems‚ although sometimes it can be associated with endometriosis or uterine fibroids‚ non-cancerous tumors in the uterus. Menstrual pain is oftenly used synonymously with menstrual cramps‚ but the latter may also refer to menstrual uterine contractions‚ which
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Pilot Project: The Chronic Pain Diary Student: Hetal Patel Nurs 260 Semester – II Teacher: Mary McGrory March 17‚ 2009 Article evaluation The nursing journal “Pilot Project: The Chronic Pain Diary” is an assessment of chronic pain in the Nursing home population. The author of this journal is Dr. Kathy K Hager and Dr. Dorothy Brockopp. Dr. Hager is an Assistant Professor of Nursing in Bellarmine University Lansing School of Nursing from Louisville – Kentucky and Dr
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Lyrical Pain Laura AM Peffer Virginia College Lyrical Pain Music dates back over 40‚000 years where most music was influenced by natural surroundings like animal sounds and wind whistling through the trees. Now‚ most musical influence comes from the experiences and emotions the songwriter faces at the time. A quote of Bob Marley‚ a well-known Rastafarian singer‚ states “One good thing about music: when it hits you‚ you feel no pain.” This quote envelops the idea that
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Jonas gets to experience pain in his sled-ride memory. The sledge knocked in the hill and Jonas was jarred loose and thrown violently into the air. He fell with his leg twisted under him while he could hear the crack of his bone. His face scraped along sharp edges of ice when he lay shocked with fear. Then he felt the first wave of pain. It was like a hatchet lay lodged in his leg‚ cutting through each nerve with a hot blade. He tried to move but couldn’t because the pain grew. He screamed and turned
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