Journal Topic and Instruction
The topic that we are going to write in our journal is about “Pain, Comfort and Rest”.
Here’s our nursing assistant online class teacher’s instruction. . .
Think about, then write about the following, or choose your own comments on the topic of pain, comfort, or rest.
Example: Mrs P., a patient, had crippling rheumatoid arthritis. She has many good days when she manages her own care and gets around well, but this week, she is having a severe flare up of her illness.
What are some measures you may be asked to do to help Mrs P. be more comfortable.
Journal Entry: Managing Pain with Medication
Here’s my journal entry. . .
Last year while I was in the process of getting enrolled in a Nursing Assistant class, my daughter had a tooth extraction.
While I was attending a one-day enrollment event in my local community college, she went to an oral surgeon in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She had 4 wisdom teeth pulled.
I was at the school for a long time. She got home earlier than I.
When I got home, I was so shocked to see her. She looked so awful. She said that she was in terrible pain.
She tried to help herself earlier by putting ice cubes in a small plastic bag and wrapped it with a small towel. I grabbed an ice cap and filled it with some ice cubes to replace what she was using.
She said that the doctor had a prescription for her pain. We didn’t have any pain pills at home. The prescription said that she could take Ibuprofen 600 mg.
So I went to the pharmacy and got Ibuprofen for her to take. Just a few minutes after she took the Ibuprofen, I could see the difference in her face, she looked so much better as if she had not been in pain.