Pain

your great grandmother, grandma, or mom, was going to be passing away within a few hours. You sit there with her and see how much pain she looks like she is in. Three hours pass, and nothing has changed except that her breathing starts to stop every now and then. The staff gives her morphine periodically to help ease the pain, but you can tell that she is still in pain. The thought crosses your mind that if they know that she is going to die that day, why can’t they just end her suffering early?…

The patient is a 38 -year-old female licensed vocational nurse who sustained a work-related injury to her low back while working with patient. The patient is subsequently diagnosed with sprain of ligaments of lumbar spine, initial encounter; low back pain; and strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of lower back, initial encounter. As per office notes dated 7/14/16, the patient states that she has completed 5 sessions of physical therapy. It has helped her reduce her symptoms. She has an…

Eventually, the neuromuscular system becomes less efficient, leading to premature fatigue, chronic pain and injury and less efficient motor skill performance. It has been speculated that trigger points may lead to a variety of sports injuries - from camps to more serious muscle and tendon tears. The theory, which seems plausible, is that trigger points…

to replace the hip joint by the prosthetic implant. The replacement can be either partial or total, based on the specifications of the condition of the patient. The surgery is performed for the patients, who suffer from the conditions like arthritis pain or treatment for the hip fracture and for the replacement of the femoral head and acetabulum head. And in the place of these heads, a new socket or a ball will be placed as a prosthesis or an implant. Hip replacement surgery in Delhi is…

The purpose of this paper is to discuss patient centered care and how the concepts of sleep and pain interrelate and contribute to patient centered care. Patient centered care focuses on meeting the needs of the patient as an individual and involving the patient in his or her care to achieve optimal health outcomes. According to the IOM, Institute of Medicine, including the patient with his or her care through education, options, and choices while valuing the patient’s convictions and…

this, a quick physical examination could be done to detect any potential problems. Mrs. Audrey should be provided a maximum level of comfort which can be done by making her pain free. Therefore, a proper assessment is essential to manage postoperative pain. A study by Ramsay (2000) suggests that inadequate management of pain could increase the morbidity as well as mortality rate. Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) is typically provided to a patient who is…

In the debate on torture in the United states, it is the widely believed that torture is a reasonable way to obtain information. The United Nations Convention for discussing Torture passed in 1994, torture to be defined as "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person” in order to collect information or to punish the person “for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or for the intimidation…

arthritis. Arthritis is the inflammation of joints and its surrounding tissues and it is the most common cause of disability of millions of people suffering from this chronic disease. There are more than a hundred types of arthritis that causes joint pain, swelling and stiffness. The most common type of arthritis is osteoarthritis which is also…

After treatment options have been exhausted, there are not many options left for the terminally ill. Terminally ill may either receive aggressive treatment, palliative care, or pain control. However, there is no way of knowing how a terminally ill patient’s last days will be. Consequently, many terminally ill people suffer pain and agony. Every patient’s experience with a terminally illness is different. There is no case that is the same, which can make this a complicated…

can take many different forms, ranging anywhere from the common cold to cancer. For the past 21 years, my father has been battling his own form of illness. A rare nerve disorder known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) now called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS-II). In my father’s case, RSD was caused by an on the job crash injury to his left forearm and wrist. Since then, he has gone through countless treatments, medications, and prayers to cure himself of this illness. As we look…