Dave ARNP

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  1. New Treatment For Whiplash Induced Headaches

    Dave ARNP posted a topic in Pain Management

    New Treatment For Whiplash Induced Headaches PHILADELPHIA, PA -- March 1, 2001 -- A team of doctors at the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, lead by Curtis W....

  2. Is there something comparable to Toradol that can be given IV for pain?

    Dave ARNP replied to bellehill's topic in Pain Management

    All you're going to do is nock a patient out. Ativan is a decent drug to use when a patients anxiety is making their pain worse, or when their pain is causing anxiety... but you will NOT use it by...

  3. Pain Mgmt. in the NICU

    Dave ARNP replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Pain Management

    Classification of Pain by Inferred Pathology Two Major types of Pain I Nociceptive Pain a. Somatic Pain b. Visceral Pai II Neuropathic Pain a. Centrally Generated Pain b. Peripherally Generated Pain...

  4. Pain Mgmt. in the NICU

    Dave ARNP replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Pain Management

    Assessment and Documentation Pain Assessment A physician, nurse, and/or other health care professional will identify the presence of pain for each patient encounter at UMHHC. If pain is present, its...

  5. Pain Mgmt. in the NICU

    Dave ARNP replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Pain Management

    Pediatric Pain Management staff education Top 10 things you need to know about pediatric pain management: Infants do have PAIN. If a child is lying still, pain may be present. Children may not always...

  6. Pain Mgmt. in the NICU

    Dave ARNP replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Pain Management

    Providing Cost-Effective Access to Adequate Pain Relief for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Patients Jennifer E. Moyer Columbia University School of Nursing...

  7. Plans to reduce pain in the neonatal intensive care unit NICU

    Dave ARNP replied to Dave ARNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Not at all! Pain is pain and pain should be eliminated! Even the wee wittle ones deserve releif!

  8. Wake up...Are you in pain?

    Dave ARNP replied to sharann's topic in Pain Management

    That is very interesting Fab! I've heard similar things from patients, and I would love to know more about the whole reasoning of it. My mother who is a psychiatrist, tells me that her theory is the...

  9. Extending training for NP's

    Dave ARNP replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I wasn't aware of that. Always assumed the hospital took on the resident and their funding. Ofcourse, they could train NP's for a year, for less money, and get just as good of a product.

  10. Extending training for NP's

    Dave ARNP replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I figured we would pass the costs on over to medical residency department of the hospital. I know it might bring down the doctors saleries, but com'on... NP's are better anyway.

  11. Cancer pain mgmt w/Duragesic in the opioid naive.

    Dave ARNP posted a topic in Pain Management

    Long-term cancer pain management in morphine pre-treated and opioid naive patients with transdermal fentanyl. Mystakidou K, Tsilika E, Parpa E, Kouloulias V, Kouvaris I, Georgaki S, Vlahos L. Pain...

  12. Plans to reduce pain in the neonatal intensive care unit NICU

    Dave ARNP posted a topic in Pain Management

    [Plans to reduce pain in the neonatal intensive care] [Article in German] Hubler A. Klinik fur Kinder- und Jugendmedizin der Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena. [email protected]...

  13. Patient-Controlled Transdermal System for Pain Mgmt.

    Dave ARNP posted a topic in Pain Management

    Study Shows Positive Results for Novel, Patient-Controlled Transdermal System for Acute Postoperative Pain Control RARITAN, NJ -- February 25, 2004 -- A study evaluating a novel, patient-controlled,...

  14. Physician Hostility

    Dave ARNP replied to blake's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You bring up a very good point about extending NP training. I think it merits another thread. I'll be making it, stat!

  15. Lidocaine patches

    Dave ARNP replied to ernurse2244's topic in Pain Management

    The only pain that I have had any (and it wasn't much) luck treating with lidocaine patches, would be PHN. Overall, Lidocaine patches are much like bandaids. They'll cover the hurt but don't offer...

  16. How bad is the isolation problem where you work?

    Dave ARNP replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I attented a MRSA workshop (gotta get those CEU's) not too long ago and they talked about this extensively. They docs/np's have to follow the same precautions as everyone else. They also have to be...

  17. PA-C's on L&D

    Dave ARNP replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sorry, but IMHO, PA's lack much essential training to perform daily functions and make responsible decisions during the practice of medicine. The good ones have learned from the ol' Monkey See, Monkey...

  18. PA-C's on L&D

    Dave ARNP replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for sharing that. I know just where to file it.

  19. Wake up...Are you in pain?

    Dave ARNP replied to sharann's topic in Pain Management

    You're close, but not quite there yet. Chronic and pallative patients still need to be checked for pain according to the schedule the medication is ordered. Some patients, particularly the elderly,...

  20. Wake up...Are you in pain?

    Dave ARNP replied to sharann's topic in Pain Management

    Quoting: PAIN AND SLEEP COINCIDE AND AFFECT EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES The combination of pain and sleep is a two-way process: People with pain, particularly if it is chronic, often experience less...

  21. Wake up...Are you in pain?

    Dave ARNP replied to sharann's topic in Pain Management

    reminder to all: do not feed the trolls! but ya'll can speculate on the color of this one's spikey

  22. OUCH! Bet he'll never go without undies again!

    Dave ARNP replied to Jay-Jay's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Dress it very, very carefully... and be sure the dressing... Moves? with the patient. I hurt just thinking about it. -Dave, who might have enough strength in his legs to get up

  23. pain in the ed

    Dave ARNP replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Pain Management

    When will the ED get it through their head? Pain is what the PATIENT says it is. Nothing more, nothing less. I dun't care what you SEE. I stand up to fast I see a few stars. But they're not real....

  24. Wake up...Are you in pain?

    Dave ARNP replied to sharann's topic in Pain Management

    I know... hehehe

  25. Wake up...Are you in pain?

    Dave ARNP replied to sharann's topic in Pain Management

    It makes sense, but apparently it's not common. Ofcourse sense never has been And yes, very scary.... Certainly would hope someone would wake ME up so I don't wake up and find myself in trouble....