Pain Assessment Strategies Older Patients
Question:
Discuss About The Pain Assessment Strategies Older Patients.
Answer:
Introduction
Learning from today’s lesson pertained to sensory deficit and management of patients, who were experiencing pain and was on medication.
The lesson highly matters to practice related to nursing as pain management can be done. This will impact my practice related to using non-pharmacological strategies and suggesting appropriate solution related to clinical practice guideline.
Did you have an “aha” moment?
Yes, there has been “aha” moment associated with this lesson as I was relieved at finding ways that could provide relief to patients experiencing pain.
Did you disagree or agree with the content discussed today? Why?
I completely agree with the content that was discussed today.
I agree to the contents as I was able to understand the dosage of analgesic with their side effects, non-pharmacological strategies and SBAR analysis. It provided an appropriate method to relieve pain of patients.
Did you consider an alternative perspective? Why or why not?
I am not able to consider any alternative perspective.
I was unable to consider an alternative perspective as I do not have relevant experience in nursing that can help me develop alternative strategies.
What are your thoughts and opinions about today’s topic in relation to your learning?
Today’s topic have provided tremendous transfer of learning as pain management is critical area for relevant discussion.
What independent reading or research have you done to support your own understanding of this week’s topic?
I had gone through several journals and internet websites in order to support understanding related to the topic. One prominent journal was R. J. Gironda, M. E. Clark, R. L. Ruff, S. Chait, M. Craine, R. Walker and J. Scholten (2009) article, Traumatic brain injury, polytrauma, and pain: challenges and treatment strategies for the polytrauma rehabilitation. In the Rehabilitation psychology, volume 54(3), pages 247 (Gironda, 2009).
What implications could this week’s discussion have on your future practice? What do you need to be mindful of?
Implications on practice that this week’s discussion is likely to have is related to pain management in patients.
I need to mindful of the pain symptoms that is depicted by patients and then provide them analgesic accordingly.
Did you navigate through CLPNBC’s website to see how this week’s topic might matter in terms of personal and professional practice in relation to communication?
I did go through CLPNBC website for obtaining any relevant information pertaining to my nursing practice.
This week’s topic identifies risks associated with personal and professional practice and hence communicating accordingly.
Did you reference any readings in your reflections?
Yes there has been several readings and internet searching that I did in order to complete my reading one of the important source was K. Herr (2011) article Pain assessment strategies in older patients. In The journal of pain, volume 12(3), pages S3-S13 (Herr, 2011).
Journal entry: Session 2a: Communicating with Older Adults With Cognitive Deficits
What did I learn from today’s lesson? Why does it matter to my understanding of nursing? How will this impact my practice?
I learnt regarding ways to communicate with patients with cognitive deficits.
It matters to my understanding related to nursing as it will help me tackle patients with this type of difficulty.
It will impact my practice as I have learnt ways in which I will communicate with such patients, which will differ compared to other patients (Rashidi, 2013).
Did you have an “aha” moment?
Yes, I did have an “aha” moment when I recognised the difference in handling patients with cognitive difficulties.
Did you disagree or agree with the content discussed today? Why?
I completely agree with contents discussed today as these are the methods to tackle such patients.
Did you consider an alternative perspective? Why or why not?
Yes I did consider alternatives but it will not vary with the current behaviours proposed.
What are your thoughts and opinions about today’s topic in relation to your learning?
Today’s topic was highly interesting and had provided immense transfer of learning.
What independent reading or research have you done to support your own understanding of this week’s topic?
I have gone through several case study journals in order to support understanding related to this week’s topic.
What implications could this week’s discussion have on your future practice? What do you need to be mindful of?
Implications of the week’s practice will impact my communication strategies with patients facing cognitive disabilities.
I need to be mindful of the tactics used while dealing with patients facing cognitive disabilities (Rashidi, 2013).
Did you navigate through CLPNBC’s website to see how this week’s topic might matter in terms of personal and professional practice in relation to communication?
I did refer to CLPNBC’s website regarding this week’s topic as it will provide the necessary guidelines for professional and personal practice
Did you reference any readings in your reflections?
Yes I did refer readings in the reflection of several books and journal sources.
Reference Lists
Gironda, R. J., Clark, M. E., Ruff, R. L., Chait, S., Craine, M., Walker, R., & Scholten, J. (2009). Traumatic brain injury, polytrauma, and pain: challenges and treatment strategies for the polytrauma rehabilitation. Rehabilitation psychology, 54(3), 247.
Herr, K. (2011). Pain assessment strategies in older patients. The journal of pain, 12(3), S3-S13.
Miller, C. A. (2009). Nursing for wellness in older adults. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Rashidi, P., & Mihailidis, A. (2013). A survey on ambient-assisted living tools for older adults. IEEE journal of biomedical and healthcare informatics, 17(3), 579-590.
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