Essays Tagged: "Pain scale"

Pain Assessment Tools

Pain Assessment ToolsPain is a major health problem in this country and is the most common symptom t ... problem in this country and is the most common symptom that prompts a patient to seek health care. Pain tells a person something is wrong. At its worst, pain makes the person's life miserable decreas ... worst, pain makes the person's life miserable decreases the ability to function normally. For some, pain decreases his/her desire to live. Pain differs among individual patients, even those who appear ...

(5 pages) 174 0 3.0 May/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Pain Assessment Week 3

Running Head: Week 3Pain Assessment Tool for Postoperative Pain[Writer Name][Institute Name] �Pain Assessmen ... Postoperative Pain[Writer Name][Institute Name] �Pain Assessment Tool for Postoperative PainIntroductionMost of pains are usually adopted methods can be regarded as an assessment scale, in ... ver a 24-hour period. Its reliability was established by administering repeated his patients with a painful health condition such as angina, and then studying the trajectory of pain from time-intensit ...

(3 pages) 2 0 0.0 Jan/2014

Subjects: Science Essays

Pain Assessment Tool for Postoperative Pain-week 6

Running Head: Week 6Pain Assessment Tool for Postoperative Pain[Writer Name][Institute Name] Pain Assessment Tool f ... ool for Postoperative Pain[Writer Name][Institute Name] Pain Assessment Tool for Postoperative PainIntroductionit is surprising that this Scale is not a "no" or "not alarming 'category. Also note ... of its reliability and validity has been presented (McGuire 1988). The second tool, Tursky's (1976) Pain Perception Profile (PPP) have been developed for measuring the intensity of feelings and reacti ...

(2 pages) 2 0 0.0 Jan/2014

Subjects: Science Essays

Pain Assessment Tool for Postoperative Pain-week 10

Running Head: Week 10Pain Assessment Tool for Postoperative Pain[Writer Name][Institute Name] Pain Assessment Tool f ... ool for Postoperative Pain[Writer Name][Institute Name] Pain Assessment Tool for Postoperative PainIntroductionIt is more suitable for measuring the intensity of pain, rather than its duration an ... to day operations people. He is also one of the most widely used tools for assessing postoperative pain (Gudex et al. 1996, Briggs and Dean 1998). The use of VAS as a tool for measuring pain favor of ...

(3 pages) 2 0 0.0 Jan/2014

Subjects: Science Essays