Alternative Pain Management Therapy

From the onset, it would be prudent to note that care happens to be inseparable to the practice of nursing. Indeed, in the words of Panjnikihar, Stiglic, and Vrbnjak (2017), caring is the core concept in nursing (p. 79). As a matter of fact, my personal philosophy of nursing is firmly rooted in the science of care. It is on this basis that I identify with Jean Watsons caring theory. The said theory largely concerns itself with the expression of care by nurses towards patients (Ozan and Okumus, 2017). How exactly is this particular theory linked with alternative pain management therapy? Effective pain management happens to be one of the most crucial components in the creation of a caring environment. As a matter of fact, one of the theorys key concepts, i.e. the human being concept, perceives the human being as a valued person in and of him or herself to be cared for, respected, nurtured, understood and assisted (Wei and Watson, 2019, p. 18). All these factors would be rendered useless in the absence of effective pain management. The all important question, however, remains; are nurses sufficiently knowledgeable or skillful in matters revolving around alternative pain management therapy.

The model of caring highlighted above would guide the projects theoretical framework. It is important to note that in applying the theory, nurses can be able to advance care that is deemed holistic to patients. This is more so the case in seeking to ensure that the role that patients play in their wellbeing, especially in as far as pain management is concerned, is proactive. In embracing other treatment interventions other than conventional medicine, patients effectively become active participants in the treatment process. With regard to the management of pain, this means that patients can actively apply approaches and techniques such as acupuncture and mind-body therapies to maximize wellness as well as healing. Nurses ought...…administer the Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine Attitude Questionnaire (CAIMAQ). It is important to note that when it comes to obtaining qualitative data, CAIMAQ results will be assessed or measured. The application of descriptive statistics will follow after the conversion of Likert scale queries into interval scales. In total approximately 30 queries will be included in this case. Thereafter, analysis of variance, factor analysis, as well as correlation analysis will be undertaken.

In the final analysis, I would expect that a finding is made to the effect that nurses are not sufficiently knowledgeable or skillful in matters revolving around alternative pain management therapy. It would be prudent to observe that amongst other things, the project will call for the active documentation of alternative pain management therapies. Further, recommendations will be made for the promotion of better understanding of the said therapies amongst nurses, i.e. via education. This would be instrumental in efforts to ensure that the patient comfort menu is…