Management of Pain, Fatigue and Nausea

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Patient Comfort: From Research to Practice....Pages 3-7
Key Aspects of Comfort....Pages 8-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Relieving Pain: The Current Bases for Practice....Pages 25-31
Do Preterm Infants Show Behavioral Responses to Painful Procedures?....Pages 35-45
Vocal Measures of Infant Pain....Pages 46-51
Acute Pain Behavior in Infants and Toddlers....Pages 52-59
Children’s Words for Pain....Pages 60-65
The Oucher: A Pain Intensity Scale for Children....Pages 65-71
The Relationship Between Assessment and Pharmacologic Intervention for Pain in Children....Pages 72-79
Use of Patient-Controlled Analgesia by Children....Pages 80-86
The Effectiveness of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) with Children Experiencing Cancer Pain....Pages 87-100
The Effect of Musical Distraction on Pain in Hospitalized School-aged Children....Pages 101-104
Approaches to Pain in Infants and Children: A Discussion....Pages 105-116
Pain Control Behaviors of Patients with Cancer....Pages 119-126
The Accuracy of Nurses’ and Doctors’ Perceptions of Patient Pain....Pages 127-134
The Use of Patient-Controlled Analgesia for Burn Pain....Pages 135-140
The Effects of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) on Postoperative Patients’ Pain and Narcotic Use....Pages 140-145
The Effectiveness of Biofeedback in Relieving Childbirth Pain....Pages 145-150
The Effectiveness of Relaxation in Relieving Pain of Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis....Pages 150-154
The Effect of Relaxation Training on Surgical Patients’ Anxiety and Pain....Pages 155-160
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
The Effects of Self-Guided Imagery and Other-Guided Imagery on Chronic Low Back Pain....Pages 160-165
The Effect of Music on Adult Postoperative Patients’ Pain During a Nursing Procedure....Pages 166-172
Intervening with Adults in Pain: A Discussion....Pages 173-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Fatigue: Current Bases for Practice....Pages 187-198
The Development of an Instrument to Measure the Subjective Dimension of Fatigue....Pages 199-208
Fatigue in Patients with Catastrophic Illness....Pages 208-216
Fatigue in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients....Pages 217-224
Fatigue in Women Receiving Chemotherapy for Ovarian Cancer....Pages 224-228
Chronic Fatigue: Directions for Research and Practice....Pages 229-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Management of Nausea: Current Bases for Practice....Pages 243-248
Postchemotherapy Nausea and Vomiting....Pages 248-258
Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy....Pages 259-266
The Effectiveness of Self-Care Actions in Reducing “Morning Sickness”....Pages 267-272
Relieving Nausea: A Discussion....Pages 272-278
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Perceptions of Comfort by the Chronically Ill Hospitalized Elderly....Pages 281-289
Comforting the Child in Pain....Pages 290-298
Fatigue, Pain, Depression, and Sleep Disturbance in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients....Pages 299-302
The Effects of Home Care on Patients’ Symptoms, Hospitalizations, and Complications....Pages 303-312
Patient Comfort: The Nurse’s Imperative....Pages 312-317
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Strategies for Using Research in Practice....Pages 321-332
Back Matter....Pages 333-341