Implementation of the theory of unpleasant symptoms in the management of pain
The pain has become a challenge to the health professionals; it's a frequent symptom, showed by the patients daily. In many occasions, is overlooked the importance of having an integral knowledge that allow to understand not only the physiological changes but the influence of this in the patien...
| Autor Principal: | Achury Saldaña, Diana Marcela; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana |
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| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | English |
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Facultad de Enfermería
2011
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http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/imagenydesarrollo/article/view/1583 |
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The pain has become a challenge to the health professionals; it's a frequent symptom, showed by the patients daily. In many occasions, is overlooked the importance of having an integral knowledge that allow to understand not only the physiological changes but the influence of this in the patient life and environment. The objective of this article is to analyze the need to apply, in our daily practice, the unpleasant symptoms theory, as a useful tool in the pain evaluation and undestanding the true meaning of pain, from an integral point of view, knowing the characteristics of each individual, the same as the physiological, psychological and environmental facts. Also demonstrates that the theory, the investigation and the practice are not untied between them, in contrast, our daily practice founds more supports by the investigation, and so, counts with a wide and reasonable scientific sustenance. For such a purpose, general concepts about pain, medium range theories and the application of the unpleasan symptoms theory, in the personal experience, in the perception of chronicle and acute pain, are going to be checked. |
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