Pain Management : Pain And Pain

As seen in the article, “The Nursing Story”, one of the nurses, Kenny, tending to patient Steven said, “It was so stressful, because there’s no set way to treat pain; you have to find the right cocktail” (Schwartz 3). This was a surprising comment for me as I didn’t realize that there was not a treatment for all pains. As ignorant as I may be to the limitations of medications, the fact that medications cannot fully help a patient be relieved of their physical pain is troubling because there is nothing one can do but either give a higher dosage or to let the patient go through the pain. The nurse, Kenny, reveals the unpleasant fact that nurses are just as limited as they are

pain is the usual cause for persons to look for treatment. Inadequate pain management can cause delay in healing process. It can also leads to prolonged hospital stay. The acute pain management theory describe how nurse can manage pain with minimal effects from the pharmacological interventions and use of alternative methods of pain management (Good &Moore, 1996) The main factors are in the management of pain are Pharmacological, non-pharmacological, patient participation, education and different interventions. Effective pain management involves the application of non-pharmacological interventions and usage of pain medications. (McEwen & Willis, 2014). The pain management theory deals with management of pain in daily basis. It offers the knowledge about alternate methods in pain

Chronic pain is a tremendous public health problem, and a costly one. As health care advances and the need for palliative care rises, patients and health care providers are constantly investigating alternative methods of pain treatment and management. Questioning and challenging traditional health policies and practices has created a curiosity in the use of cannabis as an alternative option to standard opioids, for the management of chronic pain. Cannabis, is a leafy green plant consisting of buds and leaves of the cannabis sativa forma indica plants. Marijuana has been used in holistic solutions for hundreds of years; it has also been especially prevalent among terminally ill patients, who have been reported using it to alleviate symptoms like chronic pain, nausea and depression.

First pain is an everyday experiences that is expressed through the use of language and is then legitimized (Waddie, 1996). If a patient as a history of depression or chronic pain they have pain every day and the concept is used to help explain their pain. As nurse we use the concept of pain to find a base line of the pain and to assess new pain. In surgical patients they may have multiple types of pain from the incision, emotional, and history. The concept educates the nurse of the different form that pain can present itself. Pain can also guide how we treat the patient. Emotional pain would not be treated with the “so know pain pills”, but with talking or listening to patient. Concept of pain also address the different form of patient and how the nurse and patient response to it. If a patient is having somatic pain from an incision the nurse could react by applying heat or ice. Pain is what the patient says it is.

What is pain? If you ask someone to tell you the definition of pain they will typically state something that hurts. Registered nurses should know the definition of pain and how it can be identified on their patients. However, Abdalrahim, Majali, Stomberg, and Bergbom (2010) propose that nurses did not receive adequate education in pain management and suggest the lack of knowledge hinders their ability to adequate control their patients’ pain. Therefore, the unethical treatment of pain can be traced back nurses.

According to The World Health Organisation (1999), defined pain as an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage. Pain is traditionally described as acute or chronic pain. The prevalence of chronic pain (CP) is higher than of acute of pain, as it affects 7.8 million people of all ages in the UK (Chronic Pain Policy Coalition., 2006). The current leading cause of mortality that is accounting for 60% of all deaths is due to chronic diseases and is also a problem as causes an increasing burden on the health care service (World Health Organisation., 2007). CP can affect a person’s quality of life if managed poorly, statistics shows that 25% of people lose their job and 22% leads to depression. (Chronic Pain Policy Coalition.,

This paper will examine the the nurses and pain assessment in the hospitalized patient. The paper will focus on pain and pain management and the need to assess pain. How much percentage of the population in the U.S. are experienced pain, and how much of the population abuse the pain medications. There are many barriers which hinder nurses from perform accurate pain assessment. These barriers are nurses experience, competence, perception and manipulation. Pain is subjective, but pain assessment tools and nurses’ perception may contraindicate with what the patients stated. Thus, the paper will try to find solution to accurate pain assessment during hospitalization, especially with abuse of opioid.

Chronic pain is a tremendous public health problem, and a costly one. As health care advances and the need for palliative care rises, patients and health care providers are constantly investigating alternative methods of pain treatment and management. Questioning and challenging traditional health policies and practices has created an interest in the use of cannabis as an alternative option to standard opioids, for the management of chronic pain. Cannabis, or marijuana, is a leafy green plant consisting of buds and leaves of the cannabis sativa forma indica plants. Marijuana has been used in holistic solutions for hundreds of years; it has also been especially prevalent among terminally ill cancer patients, who have been reported using it to alleviate symptoms like chronic pain, nausea and depression.

Two pt verifier name and dob confirmed. Pb states that the pain management doctor is requesting a recent MRI to continue treatment. Informed the pt that he request was sent to her provider for review and recommendation. We call her within the 72 hours with her provider's recommendations. Please advise!

The first 48 hours of pain analysis and treating the pain of the patient to the hospice (or end-of-life patient in any other stetting) are crucial. However, the patient may be unable to speak and articulate his pain, or may be able to inadequately express the symptoms. One of the major concerns for those who are at the end of life is

The pain itself can over power the medicine and not help the patients. The patients can become immune to the medication given, and not help them anymore. High dosages of medicine can also harm the body, while trying to help it. When talking about medicine, some patients may not have the money for it. Pain medication is very expensive when dealing with higher dosages. Even, when the patients have insurance, some insurance companies will not pay for the medicine the patient needs. Suffering due to not being able to pay for medication is not what the patients want or need during their time of need. Being comfortable and stress free is what the patients thrive to

To be effective, pain treatment depends greatly of the strength of the clinician-patient relationship, specifically the exchange of knowledge of treatment options, outcome potentials and shared goals (Pizzo and Clark, 2012). Impediments to pain management include outdated or unsubstantiated information, individual attitude, and fundamental differences in pain perception (Pizzo and Clark, 2012). Educational barriers among clinicians include lack of knowledge regarding analgesics, therapy interventions and their potential side effects as well as inadequate time to properly assess pain symptoms (Wilkie and Ezenwa, 2012). Another limiting factor from a clinician perspective includes the lack of education provided in residency or practice to counsel patients about pain. Over 27% of providers surveyed felt unprepared or underprepared to adequately and effectively advise patients of pain management options (Pizzo and Clark, 2012). Similar findings have been identified in nursing, specifically a lack of education, emphasis or absence of curriculum related specifically to pain management (Kumar et al,

Not only is the pain management itself important, but the client and family education relating to it is as well. “”. Client and family education throughout this process increases the effectiveness of pain management by discussing any concerns or misbeliefs. This may include anxiety of experiencing pain, feeling that asking for pain medication will bother the nurse or even fear of addiction. Education reassures the client that communicating pain is good. They should also be educated on the benefits and potential downsides to pain interventions to increases their understanding. Education also promotes family involvement by increasing their ability to provide supper and monitor their loved ones more effectively after discharge (RNAO, 2014). Knowledge improves the overall process for clients and their family.

There is technology and medicine that exists today that can control pain effectively.  While there are still some obstacles, some major efforts have been made to overcome them.  Many medical personnel are uninformed and may use outdated or unsatisfactory methods and often do not properly relieve their patient's pain.  As a result, many patients see Physician Assisted Suicide as the only way out.  For patients in severe pain, administration of an opioid, in particular morphine, has been proven to provide effective pain management for the majority of patients.

The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage” (1979). Pain is actually the culprit behind warranting a visit to a physician office for many people (Besson, 1999). Notoriously unpleasant, pain could also pose a threat as both a psychological and economic burden (Phillips, 2006). Sometimes pain does happen without any damage of tissue or any likely diseased state. The reasons for such pain are poorly understood and the term used to describe such type of pain is “psychogenic pain”. Also, the loss of productivity and daily activity due to pain is also significant. Pain engulfs a trillion dollars of GDP for lost work time and disability payments (Melnikova, 2010). Untreated pain not only impacts a person suffering from pain but also impacts their whole family. A person’s quality of life is negatively impacted by pain and it diminishes their ability to concentrate, work, exercise, socialize, perform daily routines, and sleep. All of these negative impacts ultimately lead to much more severe behavioral effects such as depression, aggression, mood alterations, isolation, and loss of self-esteem, which pose a great threat to human society.