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Pain and Infants

neonatal responsivity, this study will support the hypothesis that neonates (infants) are being subjected to painful procedures in...

Therapeutic Uses of Laughter and Humor

that this may not be far from the truth (Provine, 2000). There are clearly two parts to the view of laughter as a therapeutic t...

Depression, Pain, and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

with "depression, sleep disturbance, fatigue, and decreased overall physical and mental functioning" (Hearn, 2001). Problem Stat...

Williams Syndrome in Children, Problematic Behavior, and Pain Management

behaviours: one of the reasons for the study was to assess whether there were elements of the playschool environment which were tr...

Overview of Post Operative Management of Care and Interventions

and efficiently. Uscneurosurgery.com (2004), however, makes the point...

An Article on Back Surgery and Post Operative Pain Critiqued

control group received as much attention from nursing staff as the experimental groups (LaMontagne, et al, 2003). The interventi...

Pedophiles and Abnormal Psychology:

as "normal" based upon psychological rather than social margins. Those who land outside of said boundaries are classified as abno...

Descriptive Essay: Emotional Qualities Of An Individual

common human approach to dealing with unpleasant situations, however, the extent to which Andrew has mastered this defense mechani...

Italo Calvino/"The Adventure of a Reader"

rather read about romance and adventure, read the work of Stendhal, Dostoevsky, Balzac, Tolstoy, Flaubert and Proust, rather than ...

Ethics in Palliative Care

regarded as creating obligations on others to help her exercise her rights. An inherent theme that is implied in all of the questi...

Trends and Statistics on Drug Use

and recent mothers determined that, in general, the rate of alcohol consumption for women, aged 15 to 44, was lower among pregnant...

The Need for Quicker Lab Results

whether or not a patient complaining of chest pains is having or has had a heart attack (American Clinical Laboratory Association,...

Suggestions for a Clinical Journal Entry

to answer Mary or look at her. Mary continued to talk soothingly, rubbing Angelas back lightly as she did so. She talked about how...

Nursing and Elderly Pain Management Strategy

In eleven pages this paper examines such strategic pain management for senior citizens as guided imagery, meditation, and massage ...

Hypnosis and Altered Consciousness States

of self-proclaimed fakir performing tricks to make "members of the audience" dance on table tops or bark like dogs. Hypnosis actu...

Ethics of the Epicureans

his letter to Men?ceus. In it, he tells Men?ceus that it "is right then for a man to consider the things which produce happiness,...

Pain Requirements of Cognitive-Impasired Nursing Home Residents

expressing his or her misery. Such caregivers may have experienced patients who are as likely to cry out, thrash around, or simply...

Pain Paradox Explained

to our body. When it is prolonged it is forcing us to rest and heal" (Moorland Dentistry, 2003). However, " The severity of the pa...

A Reading of Emily Dickinson's 'After Great Pain…'

questions Gods intentions. The capitalization of "He" suggests an allusion to Christ, whose suffering, both mentally and physica...

Clinical Environmental Considerations of Music Therapy

be given specific attention to ensure that the outcome is more positive than negative. If indeed found to be effective, the...

Chronic Pain Management and Nursing Philosophy

stronger. The authors make no comment on whether any of the individuals were concerned about becoming dependent on their pa...

Critique of Harrison, Evans, Johnston, and Loughnans' 'Bedside Assessment of Heel Lance Pain in the Hospitalized Infant'

reviewed (Harrison, Evans, Johnston, and Loughnans "Bedside Assessment of Heel Lance Pain in the Hospitalized Infant" published i...

Theoretical Nursing Perspectives on Pain Management

from pain that began after radiation therapy that caused nerve damage (Fischman, 2000). After receiving therapy at a pain clinic, ...

Summarizing Harold S. Kushner's 'When Bad Things Happen to Good People'

find faith during their times of troubles (Kushner, 1981; Muder, 2002). In the Introduction to the book "Why I Wrote This Book" K...

Pain Management and Music Therapy

a role, as well as the elements of the music itself. Studies show that slow rhythms tend to be calming, while faster tempos tend t...

Joy Kogawa's Obasan, Pain and Suffering

us, but only enlighten us. In Kogawas novel we note that Naomi is very deeply hurt by her mother, without really understanding ...

Pain Management Choices and Patients Rights

quite succinctly. The Dax Cowart case, that has become rather well known, involves a seriously injured man who was left ...

Nursing Practice and Pain Management Research

a lingering distrust of the qualitative approach, one that often has not been done well and has resulted in works that cannot be c...

Visions of Death in Emily Dickinson's Works

traumatic experience that the narrator has been through could very well be death. It is interesting to not the way that Dickinson ...

Human Physiology and Pressure Points

In twelve pages human physiology is discussed with the focus being upon pressure points, in which definitions, sensations, and the...