Mr. Evans Pain Management

Summary

This essay tries to explore my experience with a patient who had issues with pain management. The patient, who herein is referred to as Mr Evans, is a lung cancer patient suffering from increased pain levels. The essay looks at the sad situation of Mr Evans who after going through chemotherapy went it remission only for the cancer to come back and attack his spine. The essay will investigate the clinical interaction by looking at how pain management, in theory, might differ with what the patient needs as their pain-relieving strategy. I look at the Mr Evans’ situation by describing the what, the so what and what now. The reflective framework enables me to interact with the clinical situation through theory and feelings. It elaborates

Patients usually describe their pain in a variety of ways depending on its intensity and its area of localisation (McCaffery and Pasero, 1999). Pain to the patient has a meaning and through the appreciation of this fact can nurses comprehend why the pain is there, what it showcases, and if could getter better or worse for the patient. The story told by the patient to the nurse assists him or her to feel the patient’s pain, what that pain means to the patient and what the patient has done to control the pain thus far (Rapport and Wainwright,

Nonetheless, Kissinger (1998) posits that too much confidence that does not correspond to skill level may work against the patient, the nurse, and his or her colleagues (Kissinger, 1998). This short episode made me cogitate about some aspects of nursing. One was how to support patient dignity, how and who had the expertise of defining pain, and what are the best pain-relieving strategies. Price (2004) noted that dignity is attending to the express concerns of the patient, maintaining their privacy, and addressing them appropriately. The experience made me uncomfortable with my past knowledge of pain management, which was largely theoretical. It, however, become clear that it was not invariably down to science versus heat, instead, it was about choice and if patients are self-aware about those