Unit 47 - Understand approaches to managing pain and discomfort (Knowledge questions only (missing numbers observations) 1.1 explain the importance of a holistic approach to managing pain and discomfort There is more to taking care of an individual than just the physical needs which have caused them to need your care. A holistic approach is about taking care of their mental‚ emotional‚ social and even spiritual needs as well to ease their mind and alleviate any worries or negative feelings that
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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome The purpose of this research critique is to inform the reader of a randomized clinical study regarding the treatment of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). This writer is interested in the treatment of drug exposed infants and the goals of reducing babies’ hospitalization in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The study researches the adjunct therapy for treatment of NAS. The study will be broken down into the following units: protection of human participants‚ type
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Ketamine‚ or the chemical name Ketamine Hydrochloride‚ was originally created to be used as a human anaesthetic‚ and is still used as an anaesthetic for children‚ people with ppor health‚ and in veterinary medicine. Ketamine is also used as a recreational drug due to it’s effects of causing a separation between perception and sensation. In other words‚ your mind drifts away from your body and you lose control of your body and the sensations that yoour body is feeling. This is why ketamine is grouped
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“Drug abuse and addiction are major burdens to society; economic costs alone are estimated to exceed a half a trillion dollars annually in the United States‚ including health‚ crime-related costs‚ and losses in productivity. However staggering as these numbers are‚ they provide a limited perspective of the devastating consequences of this disease‚” (Volkow‚ 2007 P. 2). The cost of drug addiction and drug abuse can be staggering in today’s society. 14 percent of people brought to emergency
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Every day in the United States‚ an average of two thousand teenagers use prescription drugs without a doctor’s guidance for the first time. Prescription drug abuse is the number one killer of middle aged Floridians‚ killing an average of 9 people per day in Florida. How should we fix this issue in Florida and save other people from putting their lives in jeopardy? I propose that anyone who has a record of prescription drug abuse should be forced to be the government’s guinea pigs. They have to completely
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3 types of drugs that are made from nature Opium poppy Poppy is one of the most important medicinal plants. Traditionally‚ the dry opium was considered an astringent‚ antispasmodic‚ aphrodisiac‚ diaphoretic‚ expectorant‚ hypnotic‚ narcotic‚ and sedative. Poppy has been used against toothaches and coughs. The ability of opium from poppy to serve‚ as an analgesic is well known. Opium and derivatives of opium are used in the pharmaceutical industry as narcotic analgesics‚ hypnotics‚ and sedatives
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In 1979‚ Dr. Jaak Panksepp proposed the Opioid Excess Theory‚ the idea that the social symptoms in autistic children are the result of an imbalance in the opioid peptide levels in the brain. Dr. Kalle Reichelt was a leading researcher of this theory and published many papers on how the levels of peptides in urine samples of autistic individuals differed from the norm. Due to Reichelt’s research‚ it has been proposed that opioid antagonists could be used as treatments for autism. Unfortunately‚ a
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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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Product Analysis Project PANADOL Table of contents Executive Summary 1 Introduction 2 1Analysis of the company and industry 3 1.1The “Non-prescription analgesic” Industry in Australia 3 1.2 SWOT analysis: 4 2 Creating customer value‚ market segmentation‚ targeting and positioning 5 2.1 Creating customer value 5 2.1.1 Understanding needs 5 2.1.2 Building differential advantage 6 2.1.3 Building long-term relationships with customers 7 2.2 Market segmentation 7 2.3 Targeting market
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Yakima Bagby Altered State of Consciousness: How Drugs Alter Consciousness An altered state of consciousness may be defined as a short-term change in the general configuration of one’s individual experience‚ such that one believing that their rational functioning is clearly altered from certain overall norms of their usual state of consciousness. (Revonsuo‚ A.‚ Kallio‚ S.‚ & Sikka‚ P. 2009) There are many ways that one’s consciousness can be altered and drug use is one of them. Psychoactive
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