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The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) project is a national education initiative whose mission is to improve palliative care. [1] The project provides an undergraduate and graduate nursing faculty, CE providers, staff development educators, specialty nurses in pediatrics, oncology, critical care, and geriatrics, and other nurses with training in palliative care so they can teach ...
SOCRATES [1] [2] Letter Aspect Example Questions S Site Where is the pain? Or the maximal site of the pain. O Onset When did the pain start, and was it sudden or gradual? Include also whether it is progressive or regressive. C Character What is the pain like? An ache? Stabbing? R Radiation: Does the pain radiate anywhere? A Associations
Quality of the pain This is the patient's description of the pain. Questions can be open ended ("Can you describe it for me?") or leading. [9] Ideally, this will elicit descriptions of the patient's pain: whether it is sharp, dull, crushing, burning, tearing, or some other feeling, along with the pattern, such as intermittent, constant, or ...
"Pain ladder", or analgesic ladder, was created by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a guideline for the use of drugs in the management of pain. Originally published in 1986 for the management of cancer pain , it is now widely used by medical professionals for the management of all types of pain .
A Chinese pain scale diagram, rating pain on a scale of 1 to 10. A pain scale measures a patient's pain intensity or other features. Pain scales are a common communication tool in medical contexts, and are used in a variety of medical settings. Pain scales are a necessity to assist with better assessment of pain and patient screening.
Texidor's twinge [1] One of the areas more commonly affected in precordial catch syndrome [1] Specialty: Pediatrics, family medicine: Symptoms: Sharp, stabbing chest pain in a small area [1] Usual onset: Sudden [1] Duration: 30 seconds to 3 minutes [1] Causes: Unclear [1] Differential diagnosis: Angina, pericarditis, pleurisy, chest trauma [1 ...
Most of Elnec device programmers can be referred as universal [3] [4] due to support of many programmable devices from different semiconductor companies as Microchip, STMicroelectronics, EM microelectronics, etc. Elnec’s products are sold also under ODM names as B&K Precision, Dataman [5] or Minato. One of company's competitors is Data I/O.