Private Duty Nursing Care
Pain Management
(Services available to both adults and children)
Chronic pain can rob the patient of his or her daily life,
making life itself to be very frustrating, difficult and even unbearable.
Navigating the path to chronic pain management is tricky. For our patients
and caregivers, the challenge is that there is no single drug or therapy. We
therefore adopt a combination of approaches, in coordination with an
interdisciplinary team of dedicated and knowledgeable caregivers, for best
results.
Chronic pain can begin with an injury or a problem such as a bulging disk in
the spine. It can be associated with complex syndromes such as fibromyalgia.
Or the patient may experience it as headaches, back pain, joint pain, nerve
pain, or a myriad of other localized symptoms.
But here's the rub: Whatever its origin, chronic pain can become a disease
in its own right, requiring special attention and treatment. There have been
many theories about why and how this happens.
Our caregivers help patients with chronic pain in understanding the causes,
symptoms, and treatments for pain – and how to cope with the frustrations.
Each of our patients receives an individualized plan of care developed under
the direction of his or her physician.
Our Service Goals
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1. |
To establish
independence and management of chronic pain and
medications |
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2. |
To increase patient’s
ability to control their pain |
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3. |
To encourage patients to
have good quality of life with the disease/condition |
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4. |
To evaluate and instruct
for home safety |
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5. |
To decrease the
incidence of hospitalization and the need for emergency care |
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6. |
To ensure that patients
and their families comply with post-hospitalization instructions |
Conditions/Diagnosis for Which Referrals Would be Accepted
REM patients must
meet the requirements of the underlying diagnosis and
conditions stipulated by the REM
Program. For others who are interested in our chronic pain management
program, below are examples of conditions/diagnosis that are required for
acceptance:
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1. |
Arachnoiditis (Spinal
Pain) |
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2. |
Arthritis/Chronic Knee &
Joint Pain |
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3. |
Back Pain |
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4. |
Cancer Pain |
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5. |
Central Pain Syndrome |
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6. |
Chronic Muscle Pain |
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7. |
Chronic Neck and/or
Shoulder Pain |
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8. |
Complex Regional Pain
Syndrome |
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9. |
Depression, Anxiety &
Pain |
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10. |
Diabetes-Related Nerve
Pain (Neuropathy) |
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11. |
Muscle Pain |
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12. |
Hip Pain |
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13. |
Phantom Limb Pain |
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14. |
Sciatica Pain |
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15. |
Shingles Pain (Postherpetic
Neuralgia) |
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16. |
Spine Pain |
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17. |
Temporomandibular (TMD)
Disorders |
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18. |
Trigeminal Neuralgia |
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19. |
Fractures |
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20. |
Whiplash |
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21. |
Any other condition/diagnosis
requiring pain management |
What We Do
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1. |
Total nursing
assessment, including monitoring of Quality-of-Life Scale for Pain
Parameters
(as described by the American Chronic Pain Association) |
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2. |
Coordinating with
patients’ physicians, physical therapists, acupuncturists, etc, as
may be
applicable, for optimum benefit and positive outcomes from the
course of treatment services |
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3. |
Instruction regarding
the patient’s medication regimen |
Our Other
Private Duty and Home
Health Service
Areas
Our skilled nursing services are provided by
Registered Nurses (RNs) and
Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs).
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