I need some assistance with these assignment. case study of a patient who was diagnosed to have bilateral varicose vein leg ulcer when she was in the hospital during her this admission and patient was referred to the community/district nurse for the management of pain, dressing, and wound healing i Thank you in advance for the help! These patients feel a continuous pain because there does not seem to be a respite from the injury in the leg (Briggs, 2007, p87). Moreover, being an open wound often risks the ulceration to friction and to coming in contact with objects which further exacerbate the pain felt by the patient.

Pain relief is an important element of nursing management because pain can cause significant anxiety on a person’s life. It can monopolize the patient’s life, causing sleepless nights, fatigue, and making it difficult to deal with daily activities (Briggs, 2007, p87). These activities can provide distractions to the pain being experienced.

Can relieve stress and mental anguish which patients often report with each severe pain experience. Patients report feeling like they would go crazy from the pain and how they think of nothing else but the pain and how to get through their pain. Moral support can make them feel less alone and reduce their anxiety during the height of their pain experiences.

Visits from relatives can relieve stress of pain and of confinement. Relieving stress is crucial to recovery because stress can exacerbate the pain experience, thereby leading to a cycle of pain and stress for the patient. In this case, the pain that the patient is feeling is causing her much anxiety and stress and in turn, her stress is making her pain experience worse, causing her to focus on her pain without allowing thought for anything else.

Keefe and Gil (1986, p716) discuss that there is a pain-anxiety-tension cycle which often accounts for the series of events wherein pain causes stress and anxiety. with such tension, the pain experience is worsened.

Helps motivate and relieve patient anxiety. Anxiety delays wound healing and the unrelieved pain can also cause significant discomfort on the patient (Chen, Chang, and Yeh, 2000, p944).