the battlefield have been associated to increased disorder due to substance use, chronic pain, post-traumatic stress disorder, and major depressive disorder. However, it has been shown that an increasing number of former servicemen have been progressively more acknowledging mindfulness as being an approach that can be easily understood with no difficulties, safe, cheap, and authenticated by a progressive pool of proofs (Vythilingam and Khusid, 2016). Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy is aimed at treating persons going through major depressive disorder remission. The key objective of this is to provide them with a chance at practicing the nurturing of non-judgemental mindfulness associated with harmless state… Continue Reading...
properties, it may be beneficial for treating specific medical conditions including chronic pain. CBD can be used orally or topically. In its topical form, CBD is typically added to a carrier oil. Topical applications of CBD oils include the management of pain due to arthritis and inflammation. Research continues to mount suggesting the additional benefits of oral administration of CBD to treat epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, and anxiety. Because CBD does not produce known side effects, euphoric or otherwise, it has also garnered attention for its relative safety especially vis-a-vis its sister compounds found in cannabis. CBD also presents tremendous… Continue Reading...
significant in addressing the problem. IC is a condition that is characterized by chronic pain or discomfort in the bladder and the surrounding pelvic region. It differs depending on the pain, frequency or both pain and frequency. The condition affects the patient and in some cases may lead to stress since it impacts the work-life, family and sexual enjoyment for the women. In most cases there are different methods of managing the condition but although they have been highly documented, physicians and patients are slowly appreciating the need for CAM to manage the conditions. It makes it critical to examine the different methods… Continue Reading...
are significant in addressing the problem. IC is a condition that is characterized by chronic pain or discomfort in the bladder and the surrounding pelvic region. It differs depending on the pain, frequency or both pain and frequency. The condition affects the patient and in some cases may lead to stress since it impacts the work-life, family and sexual enjoyment for the women. In most cases there are different methods of managing the condition but although they have been highly documented, physicians and patients are slowly appreciating the need for CAM to manage the conditions. It makes it critical to examine the different methods… Continue Reading...
ailments) are now back in the society, and those suffering from chronic pain are functional once more (with a restoration of their consciousness from a state of narcotic lethargy, all with the aid of a miracle nontoxic healing herb (Should marijuana be a medical option?).
It is a true fact that no other known drug has action mechanisms identical to marijuana. Marinol or Dronabinol can be obtained in capsule form via a doctor's prescription. However, its marked disadvantage is that it only contains synthetic delta-9-THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) that constitutes just one medicinally valuable cannabinoid in natural cannabis. Curiously, this drug the U.S.… Continue Reading...
women with menstrual pain in the form of endometriosis, have attempted to use Jamaican Dogwood extracts to relieve chronic pain associated with the problems caused by the uterine lining. Alternative medicine doctors have taken interest in the use of the herb for menstrual pain relief and began using it in their practice. "Sedatives are useful when there is the need to induce deep rest or sleep to obtain pain relief, and include California poppy, or a combination of cramp bark and Jamaican Dogwood" (Romm, 2016, p. 263).
Because Jamaican Dogwood has rarely been studied outside of homeopathic use (only used in animal studies), there is little to no… Continue Reading...
focusing on increasing patient knowledge of safe use of prescription opioids. Participants were 62 outpatients at a chronic pain management clinic or dental clinic who were prescribed opioids. All participants received informed consent and then completed the Script Safety intervention, which is an online information service containing information specific to the medication each participant was taking. Telephone interviews were conducted one week and one month following the intervention to assess knowledge retention and comprehension, misuse behaviors, and overall satisfaction. Results showed that satisfaction rates were high, knowledge comprehension and retention rates were also high, and that some self-reported misuse behaviors had decreased at the one-month mark.
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linked to an appreciable growth in fresh onset substance use disorder, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), chronic pain and MDD (major depressive disorder). Vythilingam and Khusid (2016) note that a growing number of ex-servicemen have been increasingly recognizing mindfulness as being easily understandable, safe, inexpensive, and substantiated by an increasing pool of evidence. The absence of adequate quality patient-focused proofs hints at adjunctive MBCT’s benefits for patients experiencing a depressive spell, and in the form of a maintenance or continuation treatment among individuals who have recovered from MDD. Moreover, existing proofs support the adoption of adjunctive MBSR in managing PTSD.
MBC therapy is targeted at individuals… Continue Reading...
or provide care during therapeutic, surgical, obstetrical and diagnostic procedures. They also help in managing chronic pain and providing emergency care (American Nurses Association, 2011).
Barriers
One of the ways NPs are regulated at the state level is state licensure and it hinders the ability of NPs to practice fully and apply all their training and education. While the main goal of licensure is to define practice authority, states still have different practice and licensure laws for NPs (Hain & Fleck, 2014). Full practice authority refers to the collection of licensure laws and state practices that permit NPs to evaluate patients, diagnose, order and also… Continue Reading...
