Case Study : Pain Management, Intra Operative And Post- Operative Settings

Peri-Operative Case Study Patient Data Patient CB is a 36 year old African American Female. She has a past medical history of hypertension, acid reflux, heartburn, and a hernia repair one year ago. She is a nonsmoker and reports never taking recreational drugs. Diagnostic tests related to her diagnosis include an abdominal ultrasound showing gallstones, an x-ray to verify stone presence, and tenderness with touch on the abdomin. CB was having a cholecystectomy because she was having pain in her…

Communication: Today I had the pleasure of being in both the pre-operative and post-operative units. Communication within the members of both the teams were very efficient. I noticed the nurses work much more independently and focus more on one on one patient care. However, the nurses in pre-op did communicate a great deal with members of the surgical team. The nurses would call and inform the surgical team when a patient was prepared to enter surgery. Also, the surgical team would contact the pre-op…

care a major problem is the management of pain after surgical procedures. The purpose of this paper is to improve the quality of pain management for post-operative patients by integrating more non-pharmacological and holistic techniques. Gélinas, Arbour, Michaud, Robar, and Côté described non-pharmacological interventions as interventions that do not involve the use of medications to relieve pain (2013). Pain is a subjective experience. Gélinas et al. found that pain often goes undertreated in patients…

The topic of pre-operative education was identified and narrowed to cataract patients due to the high volume of this surgery performed at GHC and the age of the cataract patient being > 65 years old. Although it may not be obvious, aging has declined the physical and mental capacities of the 65 plus aged individual. Age is a significant component in determining the patient’s ability to comprehend necessary instructions related to the procedure. Objective #1. A literature review was completed…

the teacher and the student (Billings & Halstead, 2012). The use of simulation and case study are the two different teaching strategies chosen for the care of a patient with post-operative wound infection. Simulation is a technique by which the learners are exposed to real-life scenarios in a safe, context-rich experiential learning environment (National League for Nursing [NLN], 2015). Whereas, using a case study the learners can apply the didactic content and theory to a real life situation and…

Assessing post-operative pain in rodents Introduction “The question is not, can they reason? nor, can they talk? but, can they suffer?” goes the famous saying by the 18th century philosopher (Bentham 1789, as cited in Kuhse and Singer 1999). But how exactly can we tell, let alone quantify, if an animal is suffering, is in a state of pain or distress? With the current consensus in the scientific community regarding animals’ capability of experiencing pain (Hawkins 2002), the next step is to reliably…

Introduction Managing acute pain in patients, along with post-operative recovery pain, is an essential part of nursing. Because it can affect each and every part of the human body, managing pain is important for the health and safety of patients. Effective pain management can increase patient satisfaction and overall well-being, fulfilling the role of a nurse. A nurse must be able to look at ways to manage patients’ pain, the ethical aspects of managing pain, along with how to educate patients…

Glen Oliver Fonterra Essay Year 10 Business Studies Mr Hijazeen Fonterra Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited is a New Zealand multinational dairy co-operative owned by around 10,600 New Zealand farmers. The company is responsible for approximately 30 percent of the world’s dairy exports and with a revenue of over 19.86 billion New Zealand dollars is New Zealand’s largest company. This report will include the Fonterra’s; history,…

Early post-operative complications of the critically ill following major surgery can have devastating results (McElroy et al., 2015). These complications are mitigated by immediate detection and beginning of appropriate treatment or intervention (Hudson, McDonald, Hudson, Tran, & Boodhwani, 2015). These all require effective communication between the surgical and post-surgical team (Nagpal, Vats, Wong, Sevdalis, & Moorthy, 2012). The purpose of a handoff from the operating room (OR) to the intensive…

widow presented in orthopaedic ward following a fall at home resulting in an intra-capsular fracture of the hip at the femoral neck. She has a history of severe rheumatoid arthritis, had an upper GI bleed in 1993 and had coronary artery disease bypass graft 9 months ago. In this essay I will discuss the entire continuum of post-operative nursing interventions in the first 24 hours with more emphasis on pain management for Ms Sue following Total Hip Replacement (THR) Pathology There is a high prevalence…