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surgical wards even though a lot of studies have done addressed in regards to pain management.
There is a huge role that needs to play in advising for the standards of pain management that
need to be adopted on surgical wards, (Meissner, 2015).
A number of barriers seemed to interfere with the process of pain management for Mrs Carey's
case. Having attention seeking patient can suffer as a barrier especially when there are family
interferences when the assessment is taking place.
Mrs Carey's self-reported pain served to the best of interest because it improved the pain
assessment and empowered her in her pain management. Pain is also considered a vital sign
which also includes Mrs Carey's temperature, heart rate, her respiratory rate and her blood
pressure. It also indicates the importance of genuinely assessing the patient’s pain, (Çift, 2018).
This process works with the first identification of patients with pain which in our case is Mrs
Carey. Secondly is the examination of the signs of the physical illnesses and especially the tissue
injuries that would bring the patient to the hospital. It is also recommended that patients go
through regular assessments in order to screen their pain. This would help because different
patients show different expressions of pain and there is a possibility of exaggerations.
Some of the questions to ask are How does one know when a patient is in pain? How is the
patient's pain measured? How is it then utilized in the measuring of pain? How is pain assessed
on daily practice? What is the place of painkillers in revealing a patient from pain? What is pain
assessed after the patient has taken pain killers? How is pain assessed especially when a patient
is displaying a high level of pain? Are there any shared strategies between the specialists that
would help in managing the pain? Are there any examples for each of the following mentioned
above?

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