direct effects of the malignant tumors as well as the side effects of the aggressive treatments. The most common complaint among cancer patients is severe‚ chronic pain that affects their activities of daily life. Traditional pain relieving measures include opioid analgesics. While these drugs significantly reduce cancer-related pain‚ they are not without serious adverse effects. The effects of these medications are so daunting that patients often look
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the patient with acute abdominal pain NS344 Cole E et ai (2006) Assessment of the patient with acute abdominal pain. Nursing Standard. 20‚ 39‚67-75. Date of acceptance: October 10 2005. Summary Abdominal pain has many causes‚ from simple to complex presentations. Patients with abdominal pain may have a number of physiological and psychological needs. Nurses have a key role to play in patient assessment‚ history taking and management • Identify the main causes of abdominal pain and differential
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Pain is a subjective experience and unpleasant sensation that associated with tissue impairment (Ogino et al.‚ 2007). Post-operative pain is a commonly actual post-operative complication of most general surgeries (Abdalrahim et al.‚ 2011). Therefore‚ Evelyn is likely to have pain due to the surgical tissue trauma and the replacement of the knee joint. Post-operative pain is a major concern during the recovery of patients because pain is a distressing symptom‚ poorly controlled pain may contribute
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The Post-Acute Team (PAT) is one of the many teams that composed the Medical Management Department. My team is mainly a functional team. With this being said‚ we have a team leader (Assistant Director) that oversees us – the team members (RNs‚ LPNs‚ UMAs‚ and PTs). Below is a diagram I made showing the analogy between a functional team and my team – the Post-Acute Team (PAT). Each team in our department has a specific purpose and my team’s main function is to facilitate the smooth transition
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Post-Operative Pain Control Jenifer S. McFarlane Grand Canyon University: NRS-433V Introduction to Nursing Research December 2‚ 2012 Unrelieved post-operative pain is one of the leading clinical challenges in the health care field. Despite vast research and numerous analgesic approaches in the management of pain‚ members of the health care profession continue to struggle in controlling or minimizing it in post-operative patients. Statistics indicate that about 43 million
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tear with impingement‚ spurs‚ bursitis‚ and tendinitis. He is status post right carpal tunnel release with residuals‚ status post right thumb metacarpophalangeal joint ulnar collateral reconstruction with residuals‚ and status post right thumb base fusion with residuals. Based on the progress report dated 12/14/15‚ the patient complains of intermittent right shoulder pain. He also complains of constant and severe left shoulder pain‚ rated 8-9/10 with associated limitation of ranges of motion as well
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Running head: GROWING PAINS Assignment #1 America’s Post-Civil War Growing Pains INTRODUCTION The period being covered in this presentation is the Civil War and its growing pains following the Civil War. Things to be explored will be the turning points in American history along with historical events after the Civil War‚ segregation and it’s shaping of American history‚ changes in attitudes‚ and the life of an American along with the laws passed to discriminate
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She was admitted on 1-27-12 for severe abdominal pain along with nausea and vomiting. CT scan of the abdomen revealed a massive gastric dilation and thickening of the duodenal wall leading to occlusion of the duodenal lumen. I met AG on 2-23-12 when she was three weeks post-operative (post-op)‚ gastrojejunostomy‚ resection of the pancreatic head mass biopsy‚ and gastrostomy tube (gtube) placement. The patient had her first episode of acute pancreatitis in 2006 with four recurrences over two
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| America’s Post-Civil War Growing Pains | Assignment 1 | Michelle Lepri | Professor Lisa Hawkins | 7/20/2012 | There were two major turning points during this period were the Reconstruction and Industrialization. The civil wars ended in 1865 and with the end of the civil war bought Reconstruction to the south from 1865 to 1877. The physical rebuilding of the southern region began quickly and progressed rapidly‚ but reconstructing southern society was much more difficult process‚ especially
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death. Pancreatitis can be either acute or chronic depending on diagnosis‚ severity‚ and symptoms
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