Assessment of pain http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-specialisms/pain-management/assessment-of-pain/1861174.article 18 September‚ 2008 | By Sharon Wood Assessment and diagnosis for succesful pain management To provide optimal patient care‚ nurses require appropriate knowledge‚ skills and attitudes towards pain‚ pain assessment and its management. This must be based on the best available evidence to prevent patients from suffering harm (NMC‚ 2008 ). It is unacceptable for patients
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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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’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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9/7/2012 English 101 On a scale from 1 to 10 "The Pain Scale" by Eula Biss is a very controversial and interesting piece of writing in which Bliss attempts to determine a scale to measure her pain. However‚ the writer begins to realize that the duty of associating pain with a number and measurement is much harder than it appears due to the fact that she is unsure what it truly means to "measure things". The practice of giving pain a set of numbers was introduced by the hospice movement in
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List A: Pharmacological and complementary treatment of knee pain Knee pain is an immobilizing symptom from various of diseases and particularly important to treat in the elderly population. Knee pain accounts for 1.9 million visits to general practitioners and 1 million visits to emergency departments annually. Through history taking‚ focusing on red flags that the patients might present with‚ through physical examination‚ and understanding knee anatomy‚ physicians are able to make the diagnosis
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At a time when pain management is the prevalent way of dealing with challenges we as humans encounter towards the end of our lives‚ many of us have not had a chance to familiarize ourselves with the way dying occurs when we allow it to happen in its own good time while the dying individual receives full comfort care. What we do not know easily creates fear and this is especially true when it comes to a topic as emotionally charged as facing the death of a loved one. When it comes to Life-and -Death
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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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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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Any pain that is experienced for more than 3 months is referred to as chronic pain. Chronic pain can either be continuous or episodic depending on the individual’s experience. According to the American Pain Society (2015) “nearly 50 million American adults have significant chronic pain or severe pain. Prevalence rate for females is 34.3% and for men it is 26.7%”. Each individual experiences chronic pain differently such as type‚ timing and location of pain. Pain may be described as dull‚ sharp‚ burning
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No Pain No Gain The phrase “No pain; no gain.” First came to prominence circa 1982 when actress Jane Fonda started using the phrase in her aerobic workout videos to encourage the viewer to push past the soreness of the muscle so they could gain the result they desire. Although the “No pain; no gain” philosophy is most often associated with fitness‚ it has undeniably become largely used in life in general. Often in life‚ in order to get what we want‚ we have to do things that are not exactly to
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