Position Paper- Palliative vs Curative care. According to the World Heath Organisation (WHO‚ 2011)‚ Palliative care is an approach‚ which aims to improve quality of life of patients and families who are crippled with life threatening illnesses. Alternatively‚ curative care is an approach that aims to prolong life through technological advances and medicine. It seems that the best approach to health care‚ would be to improve the quality of life as well as prolong life‚ through a combination of
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Holistic Pain Management Holistic self-care methods are a viable alternative to drug-dependent side effects‚ and expensive‚ hi-tech intervention. Pain is a widespread affliction in the population of the United States. A result most often of disease‚ injury‚ or surgery‚ physical pain ranges in severity from the short-term acute pain associated with bumped knees‚ scraped elbows‚ and minor burns to deep‚ chronic pain resulting from nerve damage or unspecified causes. In a National
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Interest: Pain is the main symptom that leads people to seek health care. Many disciplines are involved in pain management; however‚ nurses play a pivotal role in the assessment‚ relief‚ and evaluation of pain. Effective pain management is important to all individuals suffering from pain whether acute or chronic irrespective of their age‚ race or gender. The main reason for this has been a lack of adequate knowledge and attitudes from the nurses as indicated by previous literature. Ineffective pain management
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important value. It makes providing care to his mother meaningful and imperative. Potential Treatment Plan Per client presents the importance and meaningfulness of the running every weekend and being care-giver to his mother‚ therapist should address goal of time management and pain management to allow him to continue his desire. Client can successfully manage time by improving organizing skills‚ prioritize and sequencing. The client can successfully perform pain management by improving muscle power‚ muscle
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Pediatric Palliative Care: Nursing Needs and Role In modern society‚ children are expected to outlive their parents. However‚ for children living with life-threatening or terminal illnesses‚ palliative care is an approach to care that enhances quality of life for both the child and the grieving parents. Pediatric palliative care is an area of patient care that can be one of the most emotionally challenging areas of practice. The nurse’s role in caring and supporting children and their families
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Acupuncture for Pain Management Everyone at one point in his or her life has felt pain. Image if you had constant pain with no relieve in site. With acupuncture‚ relief is just a thin wire away. Scientists are not ready to admit that acupuncture works in pain management. However‚ studies have shown that acupuncture can modifies the perception of pain and how it is processed by the brain. Through neuroimaging and genomics‚ scientists can see the changes within the brain’s pain center. They
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Perioperative 5. Benzodiazepines ( Lorazepam/ Ativan) Classification: anesthetic adjuncts‚ antianxiety agents‚ sedative hypnotics Perioperative use: Decreases preoperative anxiety and provides amnesia. Adverse reactions: APNEA‚ CARDIAC ARREST‚ bradycardia‚ hypotension. Contraindications: Severe hypotension; Sleep apnea; OB‚ Lactation: Use in pregnancy and lactation may cause CNS depression. Do not use for pt. with seizure disorders. Interactions: Additive CNS depression with other CNS depressants
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To manage pain effectively‚ a nurse must assess‚ understand‚ and treat the patient’s pain and then reassess the pain on an ongoing basis. The Joint Commission emphasizes that every patient has a right to pain assessment and treatment. It means that a nurse must assess the nature and intensity of the pain and document the findings in a way that facilitates further assessment and follow-up. In that context‚ pain is indeed the fifth vital sign ("Pain Management‚" n.d.). The nurse will assess Lillian
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practice. And to relate this literature to my practice and the role of the palliative care nurse across clinical settings. In my current role as a pain nurse specialist‚ I am involved in the care and management of patients with intrathecal (IT) catheters mainly for patients with intractable cancer pain. Patients who have been tried and failed on escalating doses of various opiates‚ and continue to have unsatisfactory pain management with intolerable side effects are often referred to our service for consideration
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Literature Review: The palliative care needs of ethnic minority patients October 29‚ 2012 Literature Review A Paper Presented to Meet Partial Requirements For NRSG-494B Transcultural Nursing Southern Adventist University School of Nursing Literature Review: The palliative care needs of ethnic minority patients: staff perspectives An article titled “The Palliative Care Needs of Ethnic Minority Patients: Staff Perspectives” discussed the palliative care staff’s perceptions of
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