According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017), approximately 100,000 Americans have sickle cell disease. Red blood cells that contain sickle hemoglobin are inflexible. This results in the cells adhering to blood vessel walls which slows or stops blood flow. This diminished or absent flow limits the amount of oxygen reaching cells and leads to attacks of sudden pain or crisis. Many clients with sickle cell disease also experience chronic pain.
Hulihan, M., Hassell, K., Raphael, J., Smith-Whitely, K., & Thorpe, P. (2017, November 24). CDC Grand Rounds: Improving the lives of persons with sickle cell disease. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 66 (46), 1269-1271.
Initial Discussion Post:
What are some of the obstacles the RN may encounter when trying to manage the acute and chronic pain associated with sickle-cell disease?
Identify an intervention that can be implemented to overcome one of these obstacles.
The nursing intervention for the management of chronic pain
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017), approximately 100,000 Americans have sickle cell...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017), approximately 100,000 Americans have sickle cell disease. Red blood cells that contain sickle hemoglobin are inflexible. This results in the cells adhering to blood vessel walls which slows or stops blood flow. This diminished or absent flow limits the amount of oxygen reaching cells and leads to attacks of sudden pain or crisis. Many clients with sickle cell disease also experience chronic pain. Hulihan, M., Hassell, K., Raphael, J., Smith-Whitely,...
My Study on Sickle Cell Anemia Research In 500 words, answer the following questions 1.Select your study sample 2. How have you selected your sample? 3. How will you select your sample population and give the rationale behind your decision Please type the solution on the keyboard so that I can copy and paste Q. No 1. Answer : Sickle cell disease : It is defined as it is a chronic heriditory form of Anemia, in which the red blood...
Ethics and Values You are caring for a 17-year-old female patient with sickle cell disease who has been admitted for treatment of sickle cell crisis. Sickle cell disease is a genetic abnormality that affects hemoglobin in the red blood cells. In a sickle cell crisis weakened red blood cells clump together and impede blood flow, causing extreme pain. To prevent stroke and manage the pain of the crisis, your patient needs aggressive fluid and comfort management. At the change-of-shift report,...