Back pain‚ the pain that made three years of my life miserable‚ the same pain that caused me to become an outcast. Four years ago I made an appointment with my physician for some back pain I was having‚ the pain was not excruciating at the time‚ but it was still pretty agonizing‚ much like the burdens Christian was carrying. My doctor could only notice that my hips were unaligned‚ so he sent me in for several X-rays‚ my doctor was kind of like Evangelist. He pointed me in the right direction. He
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Pain management is of great significance in the patient’s care. Pain is called the fifth vital sign therefore the health care professionals need to be aware of how imperative is for the patient in pain to have an effective pain management. The nurses play an important role in the assessment and care of patients with pain. Pain is a big challenge for all clinicians because of its subjective nature. The nurse has to have a good understanding of the patient’s pain to do a good assessment and take good
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Literature Review on Pain Assessment The purpose of this review was to outline and evaluate pain assessment techniques and tools commonly used in the postoperative recovery room to assist in pain management. Problem Identification and Evidence Pain after surgery is stressful to patients and is a major problem in post anesthesia care unit (PACU). Recent data suggest 80 percent of patients experience pain post operatively (Wells‚ Pasero‚ & McCaffery‚ 2008). Ineffective pain management in the immediate
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Barriers to Effective Pain Management Introduction Pain is a fundamental and inevitable form of human suffering‚ the experience which is unique to every individual. Nurses have a unique role in alleviating the pain experienced by their patients. With their professional knowledge and regular close contacts with patients‚ they are ideally placed to listen and respond to any concerns. Taking time to assess the individual will allow for the development of a thrusting relationship between the
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Pain and Able: Chronic Pain and Mood Disorders The ability to feel pain is something most people possess. It’s the body’s way of letting us know that something we are doing is damaging. Pain can range in intensity from annoying pain such as stubbing your toe to extreme pain such as child birth or kidney stone. We can all relate to these feelings of pain in one way or the other‚ but what happens when the pain doesn’t go away? When pain lingers on‚ it can affect many factors of a person’s life
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The concept of pain and emotion is an idea that has been apart of every human’s life since the beginning of time. Pain has affected all people at one point in their life‚ however‚ what kind of pain is what makes each situation unique to an individual. The idea of being denied the right to feel safe and welcomed by the people around you is a heart breaking and depressing thought that Hester experienced in “The Scarlet Letter”‚ when she is punished for finding another lover‚ while still being married
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Pain: The Science of Suffering by Patrick Wall is a factual book that refutes the popular notion that pain is only a warning signal to danger and can be accurately measured. Wall first begins by giving anecdotes as examples to prove pain can be a paradox. For example‚ a soldier will not feel pain after being injured during combat despite being consciously aware of it and Ronald Reagan who was unaware of being shot in the chest contradicts the purpose of pain: to warn the beholder of threats. Wall
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Ethics of Pain Oriented Studies The implementation of vertebrates as model organisms in experimentations is universally controversial‚ particularly when the aforementioned research is explicitly pain oriented. Concern over the wellbeing of stereotypical lab animals such as rats and mice are not misplaced‚ as long term exposure to pain has high risks of inducing greater levels of anxiety‚ alcohol abuse‚ and disturbing altercations of previously established behaviors (Anand‚ 1999); the risk to develop
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Journal Article Critique HCA 220 Kayla Dye 3/3/2013 Wanda Carter This article explains what pains the elderly suffer from. Musculoskeletal pain in mentioned to be the most common. It mentions the causes being rheumatic pain‚ different types of arthritis‚ and non curable conditions such as tendonitis and bursitis. It states that pain management can either be treated with pharmaceuticals or non pharmaceuticals. Education of the patient of treatment is important in order to maintain good health
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Arthritis pain can be caused by many factors and affects everyone differently. The inflammation process causes redness and swelling in joints and around her‚ over time it begins to damage the joint and the joint tissues. This results in the arthritis pain that is caused by stress on your joints‚ which can begin to cause injury and pressure that can become unbearable. People have been known to become stressed or even depressed as a result of limited circulation and are not able to do activities that
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