Mitigation of Anxiety, Agitation, and Pain in Critically Ill Patients

Week 6 Discussion -Management Of The Patient With Anxiety

You are seeing Ms. Clara Johnson, a 32-year-old white female, in the office today with a chief complaint of “I just feel like I can’t get my mind to stop racing, and it’s making It hard to focus on anything.” Please develop a discussion post that responds to each of the following prompts.  Where appropriate […]

Mitigation of Anxiety, Agitation, and Pain in Critically Ill Patients

Mitigation of Anxiety, Agitation, and Pain in Critically Ill Patients Have you ever wondered whether and how you should manage anxiety, agitation, and fear in your critically ill patients? Have you been unsure about how you can initiate, maintain, and discontinue analgesics and sedatives safely? Have you hoped that you could mitigate the stress that accompanies and follows an intensive care unit (ICU) stay? If you have, the following case vignet…