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2. Pain management - Wikipedia

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   Image of visual pain. Pain management is an aspect of medicine and health care involving relief of pain (pain relief, analgesia, pain control) in various dimensions, from acute and simple to chronic and challenging. Most physicians and other health professionals provide some pain control in the normal course of their practice, and for the more ...

3. Patient-controlled analgesia - Wikipedia

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   Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA[1]) is any method of allowing a person in pain to administer their own pain relief. [2] The infusion is programmable by the prescriber. If it is programmed and functioning as intended, the machine is unlikely to deliver an overdose of medication. [3] Providers must always observe the first administration of any ...

4. Chronic pain - Wikipedia

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   Chronic pain. Pain lasts longer than the expected period of recovery. Chronic pain or chronic pain syndrome is a type of pain that is also known by other titles such as gradual burning pain, electrical pain, throbbing pain, and nauseating pain. This type of pain is sometimes confused with acute pain [a] and can last from three months to several ...

5. Nursing credentials and certifications - Wikipedia

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   Such a nurse, while still fully an accredited nurse, will likely become the risk manager for a hospital, working in health administration rather than direct care and perhaps even becoming the director or manager of the risk-management department. In this role, he or she may never see another patient except while doing hospital inspections, or ...

6. Anesthesiology - Wikipedia

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   Anesthesiology, anaesthesiology or anaesthesia is the medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative care of patients before, during and after surgery. [ 1 ] It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critical emergency medicine, and pain medicine. [ 2 ] A physician specialized in anesthesiology is called an anesthesiologist ...

7. Clinical nurse specialist - Wikipedia

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   A clinical nurse specialist (CNS) is an advanced practice nurse who can provide advice related to specific conditions or treatment pathways.According to the International Council of Nurses (ICN), an Advanced Practice Nurse is a registered nurse who has acquired the expert knowledge base, complex decision-making skills and clinical competencies for expanded practice, the characteristics of ...