Concept Analysis: Pain Victoria McCrady Chamberlain College of Nursing NR501: Theoretical Basis for Advanced Nursing Spring Session B 2013 Concept Analysis: Pain Pain is one of the most common reason patient seek out help. The concept of pain can affect every person is some form or way. Pain can stand alone as a theory or fix with other theories like Comfort‚ Self- care‚ and more. As a surgical nurse I need to have a higher understanding of the patients I care for to ensure they receive
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Company. Pain. November 5‚ 2013. Elselvier. Retrieved from http://www.us.elselvierhealth.com. Vallerand‚ A. (2013). Davis’s drug guide for nurses‚ (13th ed.) Philiadelphia:P.A. Davis Company. Nursing Diagnosis Acute pain related inflammation secondary to Diverticulitis m/b pt rating pain a “6” on a scale of 0-10‚ pt guarding abdomen with movements‚ and facial grimacing with position change. Outcomes(s) Pt will have decreased pain as evidence by pt rating pain a 3 or less
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Pain is a unique subjective experienced that is influenced by factors such as cultural learning‚ personal significance of the situation and attention (Melzack 2001). When pain is experienced‚ it usually indicates injury‚ disease and threats to body tissues (Mosley 2003 & Butler & Moseley 2013). However‚ complexity of pain perception increases when considering chronic or phantom limb pain. Simply‚ these types of pain are indicative of the neural mechanisms gone awry‚ thus‚ alter perception of what
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After surgery‚ patients in the general and spinal anesthesia group received opioids for postoperative pain and patients with epidurals received continuous infusions of hydromorphone and bupivacaine for 24 to 120 hours postoperatively (Ong‚ Arneja‚ & Ong‚ 2005). They found that patients who received epidural and spinal anesthesia had a significant decrease in pain in the first week after surgery compared to those who received general anesthesia. However‚ there was no difference in the use of opioid
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Wall in 1965. * This theory explains about a pain-modulating system in which a neural gate present in the spinal cord can open and close thereby modulating the perception of pain. * The gate control theory suggested that psychological factors play a role in the perception of pain. Terms * Pain - an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. * Analgesia - the selective suppression of pain without effects on consciousness or other sensations
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The reflection essay will focus on my experience and feelings about how I related with a patient who complained of severe pain in the surgical ward during my placement in the hospital as a student nurse.I will use Gibbs (1998) Reflective Cycle which is one of the most popular models of thought consists of six stages: Description which describes as the situation and what happened during the event . In my case‚ the management of this patient was admitted and was administered preoperatively for
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Parkinson’s and strokes as the damage to the brain will damage and cause the body to degenerate. 1.3 Symptoms of end of life care can and usually will cause distress and discomfort‚ as the general symptom’s are pain related‚ weather physical‚ emotional‚ spiritual or psychological pain the person will need a range of therapies‚ medicines‚ special comfort aid’s like hospital bed’s and air mattresses or oxygen apparatus‚ there can be many side effects to medications and those can cause distress and
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practice of euthanasia are more widespread. Euthanasia is a way of granting mercy-both by direct killing and by letting the person die. This principle of mercy establishes two component duties: 1. the duty not to cause further pain or suffering; and 2. the duty to act to end pain or suffering already occurring. Under the first of these‚ for a physician or other caregiver to extend mercy to a suffering patient may mean to refrain from procedures that cause further suffering-provided‚ of course‚ that the
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you see them. Introduction The role of hypnosis in the treatment of pain has been of interest to many over the years. It is clear that our psychological state influences the state of our physical health and vice versa ( Chrysalis module 8 notes) and more of a holistic approach to the treatment of pain has become more popular in recent years. In this essay I will discuss the possible uses of hypnotherapy for the treatment of pain and other symptoms within cancer sufferers. I have personally been affected
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chronic back pain with prescription medications is common‚ but using deep tissue massage treatment DFW offers a safe‚ holistic‚ and natural option for relief. If you are part of the 31 million Americans living with lower back pain‚ you most likely understand how this pain can wreak havoc on your physical and emotional health. However‚ using prescription medications only masks this pain. Using this guide‚ you will understand how massage offers a safer solution to improve your chronic back pain. Physical
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