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Roxanol is used most by hospice nurses to control pain.
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Why would hospice give morphine when patient has no pain?
The hospice patient probably would have pain if not given the pain meds, so it is to keep the pain at bay.
What did a 1990 study in Pain Journal reveal about nurses' evaluations of pain?
In a 1990 study reported in the journal Pain, nurses were found to overestimate the severity of pain in patients with severe burns. In most other studies, nurses and physicians ascribe a lower pain severity than do patients.
Are alternative methods of pain relief intended as substitutes for medication in hospice?
yes
Are Doctors and nurses the best judge of a clients pain?
Yes, they are, but the patient should be very clear and thorough when explaining their pain to the doctors and nurses.
What is a hospice?
That is correct but not most of the time is a hospice nurse treating dying patients. The hospice nurse is actually a home health aid that comes and does everthing in a hospital but in your home cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, bathing, brushing teeth etc.. Not only is there a unique bond with the patient to nurse but there is also an optinal chance for you to have a therapist come and talk to you about the nurse and everything. Hospic is a really nice place and people are very friendly that work there. I respect them a lot! A hospice nurse does everything a regular nurse does in terms of administering medications, charting the patients progress and generally caring for the patient. The difference is that hospice patients are terminally ill, so there's an added dimension of being able to care for someone who is clearly dying. That requires a good deal of character, compassion and understanding. Hospice nurses, unlike others nurses, have to show decline or patients in order for them to remain on hospice care. In most nursing specialties, nurses must show improvement. Hospice nurses also work with interdisciplinary teams and treat the family as well as the patient.
How is the hospice a better solution than euthenasia?
Because not everyone wants to be 'killed off' before their natural time ! Someone in a hospice who has (for example) Alzheimer's disease is rarely in pain, as it's a neurological condition. They can live a long (and maybe productive) life under the supervision of the hospice.
How do you use triage in a sentence?
I can give you several sentences.During triage, doctors or nurses decide which patient can benefit the most from immediate care.Triage will take people having chest pain before people with the flu.He had to go through triage before they admitted him to the hospital.
Can someone please give me some information on home hospice care for terminal lung/liver cancer?
Hospice care for terminal lung or liver cancer patients should focus on keeping the patient as pain-free as possible. Care should be taken to enhance the patient's quality of life, and facilitate as many good days as the patient has possible.
How might hospice be an alternative to euthanasia?
Hospice allows you to continue to live, comfortably, for the last days or months, sometimes years, of your life. They give you pain medication, so that you are comfortable. Your family can still see you and be with you. You can still live and spend time with your loved ones. In some cases, euthanasia still happens. In the state of Oregon (USA), assisted suicide is completely legal.
What type of care is provided by hospice care?
because the workers there know that the patients are on there last days, and they want to make them comfortable. there are to many patients that do not get the proper care, and are suffering terribly in there last days
What are some good journal sources of information on pain?
Pain Management Panel to Work on Standards. Hospice Management Advisor (March 2002): 36. "Preventing Pain." American Fitness (March - April 2002): 13.
Is it ok to give a cat Tramadol for pain?
No, you can't give meds prescribed for a dog to a cat.
