Analgesic

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Caring for patients who have received a hip arthroplasty, requires some specific and unique nursing considerations and care. While it is an elective surgery, many patients opt to get it to decrease pain due to osteoarthritis and to increase mobility. Each patient will have different perioperative experiences, and as a nurse it is important to be able to know the interventions and what to consider to make their overall experience as positive as possible. Trigger Event My first week of clinical,…

Movement and ambulation is a significant tool in reducing postsurgical complications. Movement increases muscle tone, stimulates circulation, increases vital capacity, and helps prevent deep vein thrombosis. (Lewis et al, 2015, p.356) While ambulation is not possible for an ORIF patient, active range of motion in unaffected limbs and core movement should be encouraged (Lewis et al, 2015, p.1528) Pain is among the top fears before surgeries and one of the biggest complaints afterwards.…

emergencies, for example, heart-burn after eating spicy foods or minor aches after physical activity, or minor colds. Usually, these symptoms do not require large or continued therapy with medications and are self-limiting. Some examples of PRN are analgesics, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen. On the other hand, daily medications are used to treat severe, chronic, long-term conditions which, if untreated, are likely to cause significant problems and symptoms. Daily medications are used to treat…

elevated temperature of 38.9 degree Celsius. The systematic manifestations are fever and elevated white blood cells count. The infection continues to spread from the ankle to the knee. The treatment rationale will be to control pain and fever using analgesics such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen. Since the culture of the wound is staphylococcus aureus, antibiotic from the sensitivity result of blood sugar monitoring to make sure the blood sugar is within range. Wound care to prevent worsening of…

Cannabis is a very complex plant that has thousands of cannabinoids in which each one contains distinct properties that can benefit an array of alignments. Uniquely, compared to other analgesic compounds, cannabis is not physically addictive. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease that turns the immune system against the body’s own brain and spinal cord which results in disconnect throughout the body. MS is one condition that shows promise of the medical implication of cannabis to treat…

Long-term opioid use can put the patient at risk too many medication-related problems. The use of anticonvulsant drugs is commonly used for seizures, but helps reduce some chronic and cancer pain. Anticonvulsants are also adjuvant analgesics because they don’t allow certain type of nerve transmissions therefore changing the way the body senses pain. Anticonvulsant may be taken alone for pain management in combination with opioids. Common drugs gabapentin and pregabalin (Lyrica) are considered…

Migraine is a debilitating headache that effects 14% of population, and up to 18% of women with higher prevalence rate in the age range of 40-49. Currently, by the world Health Organization (WHO), migraine ranks 19 among disabling disease with imposing substantial emotional and socioeconomic burden on the suffering patient. Given these facts, improving diagnosis with optimal treatment will reduce the burden globally. Diagnosing migraine is clinical and is based on the history and exclusion of…

2015). • Abortive medications are used to prevent a migraine attack or stop it once it has already started where triptans are only used to treat headache pain by targeting serotonin (EMedicine Health, 2015). OBJECTIVE #4 – The different types of analgesics Allison used to control her migraine pain - how
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Abstract As one of the most popular analgesic and antipyretic, especially for pregnant women and children, acetaminophen is available over the counter in many forms. When consumed over long periods of time or in high dosages, acetaminophen has serious side effects including liver damage and other organ damages, therefore an effective quality control method of analysis. Here a method using cyclic voltammetry to analyze the concentration of acetaminophen in a liquid suspension Publix brand…