PAIN MANAGEMENT

MAHIRA JIWANI
Independent Study Mentorship: Spring 2019
Mrs. Click
DISCLAIMER

Some information from

this PowerPoint has been
used from outside
sources.
 MY MENTOR AND MENTORSHIP
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Anita Leal, FNP-C

• Education: Master’s Degree as an advanced practitioner, bachelor’s

degree in science, and an MSN in nursing

• Previous Work Experience: Trauma and critical care RN and worked at

Clear Lake Regional Hospital

• Career of Study: Speciality of anesthesia in pain management

• Mentorship Site: 5 locations in Clear Lake, Houston, Pasadena, Texas
City, and Beaumont and they are partnered with more than 500 hospitals
around the country
INTRODUCTION TO ISM

• In ISM, students are allowed to choose a mentor to

observe over the course of the nine weeks with the
approval of our ISM teacher, Mrs. Click
• Some requirements in ISM are meeting with your for
3 hours a week, finish the assignments given on
time and in a professional manner, and create a
product and a final presentation, which is going to
be graded by our mentor and 2 other observers
PROJECT TOPIC

• My project topic is over pain management. Pain

management is all about how to control your pain
levels and how you deal with the pain.
• I chose this as my topic since my mentor specializes
in pain management and since it is a big factor into
the medical field.
KEY POINTS

• Different types of pains

• Most common locations of pain
• Different types of medicines
• Why does the brain not feel pain
• Mu, Kappa, Delta
KEY POINT 1: DIFFERENT TYPES
OF PAIN
• Nociceptive
• Neuropathic
KEY POINT 2: MOST COMMON
LOCATIONS OF PAIN
• Back
• Neck
KEY POINT 3: DIFFERENT TYPES
OF MEDICINE
• Codeine
• Morphine
KEY POINT 4: WHY DOES THE
BRAIN NOT FEEL PAIN
• No pain receptors
• Cerebral cortex
KEY POINT 5: MU, KAPPA, DELTA

• Where is it located?
• How does it work?
RESEARCH TOPICS

• How does drug abuse affect you?

• Effective medications based on severity
• How avoiding rest can increase pain

I will incorporate my research topics on their own

slides throughout this PowerPoint presentation.
HOW DOES DRUG ABUSE AFFECT
YOU
EFFECTIVE MEDICATIONS BASED
ON SEVERITY
HOW AVOIDING REST CAN
INCREASE PAIN
 CURRENT EVENT

• This article was written to show the different on the way

children’s pain was handled in the olden days is
completely different today
• It used to be where children would receive little to no
pain medicines at all, especially when they would have
the same surgery as an adult would
• This article relates to my project topic since my project
topic is on how pain is dealt with
• I found this article interesting because it shows the
readers how drastic changes in the medicine world are
PHOTOS IN ACTION
PRODUCT

• My product is going to be a trifold board showing

what opioids are and the effects of someone taking
opioids
• I will buy a tri-fold board by April 1st
• I will do research on opioids and their effect by April
15th
• Create the tri-fold board and add all the research
by April 27th
CONCLUSION

• I hope to learn from my mentorship and from

completing my semester product and project
about what pain management is and how to deal
with it.

• I also hope to learn on how to help patients and

their families while in a medical setting.
THANK YOU

• I would like to thank my mentor, Anita Leal, for everything you have done
for me this semester and by helping me realize that I might want to go into
a medical profession.

• I would like to thank my graders/evaluators for listening to me talk about

my ISM presentation.

• I would like to thank my ISM teacher, Mrs. Click, for letting me come into
this class to prepare myself for the future and helping me become a young
adult.

• Lastly, I would like to thank my mom for always supporting me with

anything I choose to do and I would also like to thank my dad for believing
in me to be the best I can be.
WORKS CITED

• Klass, Perri. "Managing Children's Pain After Surgery." The New York Times. 07 Jan. 2019.

The New York Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/well/family/managing-childrens-pain-after-surgery.html

19 Feb. 2019