The Effects Of Four Methods Of Subcutaneous Heparin Injection On Pain And Bruising

2b) The authors provided the reader a lot of information on the topic. Each topic was very well explored. A lot of different information on different but similar studies. The authors seemed very knowledgeable on the topic. This article lacked a few things. A clear research question and a hypothesis. The paragraphs were not clear and consist, I felt that I had to dig to get certain information. The paper was very wordy, which made me have a hard time understanding the substance.

Did you summarize the article in your own words including the finding of the study? Yes

Assessing pain is a very important first step. Having the correct assessment techniques and tools is very important to diagnosing and treating the pain. Acute pain is typically a symptom of something else, so correct assessment will lead the care provider to the underlying issue, D’Amico and Barbarito (2016) identify many tools used for the assessment of pain, discussed later in the paper. Treatment of acute pain should be handled differently than other types of pain due to acute pain being a short-term process of healing. The

A 35-year-old male patient with history of drug abuse who is experiencing severe post-operative pain.

This article was poorly structured and it wasn’t organized well. It didn’t look like any research went into. Similarly, there was no introduction

I thought the article did well by using different studies that involved different races and cultures. The gender was all men but they were very specific with their demographic breakdown. For example, they included African-Americans, college men, gay men, and Latino men. It was also a good idea that they included whether some findings had a strong relationship or were just unrelated. Another thing that the review article did well was that it provided very good details from each study and the type of group they were talking about.

The reason for the lengthiness was that the article provided quite a bit of information regarding the methodology and results, which may have been presented later in the paper. For example, the title of measure was described. Also, the writing style of the author is difficult to follow at times. Overall, the abstract provided more information than necessary and may, therefore, overwhelm readers. Specifically, those readers who are reviewing multiple research studies in order to decide which are relevant for their particular interest or population.

Like the title of the article, the abstract is also fairly vague. It just barely makes it for the appropriate length for an abstract (at 104 words) and important information is left out because of this. The abstract does not describe the problem statement of the study, and only very briefly addresses the purpose of the research. The abstract states, “Fifty-two women over the age of 70 participated in a study to investigate the use of an individualized music protocol to

The title of the article is clear and concise. It is only ten words long and clearly states the nature of the study. The population under study is identified, and the issue being considered is included in the title as well. All of these factors contribute in making the title of the article effective.

What did the author find – what was concluded from the data analyses? Was the hypothesis supported?

In today’s health 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 which can contribute to physical, emotional, and psychological distress (2013). This distress increases anxiety and can interfere with the healing process. Pain is often worsened by anxiety and fear (Comeaux & Steele-Moses, 2013). Therefore, reducing anxiety can also aid in reducing pain. The most often used intervention for pain management is the use of drug therapy. However, drug therapy alone is not effective. For example, on the South 3 West unit of Holyoke Medical Center patients still report pain levels of 9 and 10 on the numerical pain scale even after receiving pain medication. There are also risks to relying solely on drug therapy. Prolonged use of analgesics can cause harmful side effects to the patient, such as decreased respiratory rate. Non-pharmacological interventions could decrease the need for medications. Adding non-pharmacological interventions to pain therapy is effective and reliable because the interventions are safe and relatively

When distributed out in early 2008 the drug Heparin quickly began to surface many questions and concerns when the Center of Disease Control was informed of possible problems arising in the drug in January by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Care. Followed by these concerns, Alex Edward from Saint Louis Children's hospital noticed reactions to the drug such as angioedema which is swelling within the deep tissue, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain. Even more concerning was the extremely

The report is written in a comprehensive manner, is grammatically correct and is devoid of jargon. The topics of the study are presented in an organised fashion, and sub topics are explained accordingly.

The title of the research article I chose to critique is from the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. “Hypertension, orthostatic-hypotension, and the risk of falls in a community-dwelling elderly population: The maintenance of balance, independent living, intellect, and zest in the elderly Boston study”; this title fits well with the content presented in the research article. The independent variables are clearly defined as well as the dependent variables for the research being conducted. The content of the abstract is a very good overview of the content and it is consistent with the content. The abstract summarizes the objective, design, setting, participants, measurements, and results. Problem/Purpose

The style of writing was concise, grammatically arrange and well organised. The abstract discussed what the study was about. The purpose of the study was about