Pain management

Upon arrival of the initial visit to John’s house, it was clear that his illness with chronic pain was quite severe and he needed his pain management viewed by the community nurse to help him live a happier and healthier life. Chronic pain is complex, however, for the purpose of this essay the topics that the community nurse will focus on are: pain management, including specific education of the importance of medication compliance, the significance of Johns physical, emotional and social health…

diagnosis: Chronic pain. Code 2480- but that code is “Diagnosis established – no predetermined list code of medical nature applicable. Did not find code for pain or chronic pain. The claimant was a 59-year-old woman. Alleged disability: She could not sit for more than 20-35 minutes at a time, had muscle and bone aches, lack of energy, no sexual activity, and depression. Her physical discomfort did not allow her to “stand or sit for very long.” She had chronic pain, problems…

involved a female patient who was experiencing a recent bout of severe arm pain related to an intravenous device going interstitial. This woman and my experience with helping to manage her pain will be highlighted in this reflection and for confidentiality purposes, she will be referred to as Anna. Upon meeting Anna, I immediately noticed that she was in a great deal of discomfort, which she stated to be as a result of the severe pain in her right lower arm. I assessed her arm and observed…

BACK PAIN MANAGEMENT Amidst a lifestyle routine that is being transformed into an excessively sedentary one, our body is adversely affected. Sitting for long hours can leave your back in excruciating pain and discomfort. This seemingly simple back pain, if a daily occurrence, can rapidly take the shape of chronic back problems. At a younger age itself, your mobility gets limited and problems start to crop up. Spending long hours in constricted cubicles and even longer time in travelling…

Berman et al. (2012) states that pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience that is associated with actual or potential tissue damage. It is a universal experience that is subjective to the individual and can sometimes be indiscernible to others while still consuming all aspects of a person’s life (Berman, et al., 2012). Pain management is an integral component of nursing care, and therefore a patient who is constantly complaining about pain should be seen as a priority for nurses…

has relief from pain is a moral obligation," (p. 430, Key Points). Relate this statement to at least one provision of the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics and explain your answer. 2. There are many barriers to effective pain management including clinician-related, health care setting-related, patient-related and family related. Discuss which barrier you think is the most difficult to over come and why. I think that when it comes to barriers in effective pain management all of these…

the introduction, the authors discuss how available evidence supports the argument that that children have continues to suffer from postoperative pain due to poor pain management interventions and the associated physiological, psychological, ethical, and economic impacts. The authors have acknowledged the few qualitative studies on pediatric pain management. They also indicated that there was no evidence such a study has been conducted in Singapore, a country with a very high cultural…

assess the management of pediatric pain. The second purpose of this study was to examine how a nurse’s prior experience would affect the attitude and ability to competently administer pediatric pain management to patients. A third purpose was to observe the level of self-efficacy among a group of North Carolina pediatric nurses in acute care. This study was conducted because the authors believed in the importance of pain management and they wanted to see how pediatric nurses managed patients…

provided a new challenge to the clinical practice. In the conclusion the author states that none of the participants had a clear idea about the post operative pain management and they did not receive any information about it. Therefore, in this report the author recommends the health professionals to give adequate information about the pain management to the patient and if needed follow up services should be provided. This theory gives adequate information to the nursing practice. Even though,…

answer the question posed, therefore the aim is to focus on the nurse’s knowledge and views on pain management after total knee replacement (TKR), factors will include patient’s views and why they are important to researchers in evaluating the data to improve patient satisfaction. (Howells et al, 2016; Mackichan et al, 2015). Total knee replacement is an effective intervention that relieves chronic pain and helps to restore mobility often caused by osteoarthritis (OA) (Wylde et al, 2007).…