Pharmacology Treatment of Inflammation Processes

Question: Describe about the Pharmacology for Treatment of Inflammation Processes. Answer: Description The purpose of this essay is to describe my experiences while I was working I a clinical ward at Beret hospital (Epp, 2008). In this case, I was in charge of a cubicle in which many patients suffering from cancer were admitted. In this particular case, I was placed in charge of Mr. Pinte, a patient who was suffering from colorectal cancer. This patient was an Indian aged 59 years of age. He had been living with this condition for the last six years and was now viewing himself as a burden to his family. This is because he claimed that much of his family resources had been spent on him in seeking the medical services like chemotherapy as well as several other treatments on opportunistic infections. He therefore felt that he was a disgrace to his family members and did not deserve to live any more. Mr. Pinte said that only a few members of the family associated with him as several others avoided being with him. At some point, this patient said that he almost committed suicide but was later rescued by his wife. He insisted that the thoughts of taking away his life comes through his mind severally. As a result, I informed the other colleagues in the wards of his suicidal feelings so that they could keep close watch to him. During this period, I was reporting to doctor Gem who was treating this patient. My role was to take care of Pinte and ensure that he received the drugs at the right times and observe his reaction. At this time, the patient complained of several rounds of chemotherapy. He also complained of the several drugs that he was being subjected to in a day. While observing Mr. Pintes record chat with the doctor, the doctor was called to attend at another emergency case in the same ward and had to leave him under my care. Since Mr. Pinte had painful joints, these joints had started to become inflamed and he needed to be put under anti inflammatory drugs (Young and Singh, 2016). I was left going through the record of mr. Pinte and realized that the doctor had accidentally changed the drugs to those that counter inflammatory responses. The new class of drugs that the patient was supposed to be receiving were the monoclonal antibodies, specifically atlizumab. However, when the doctor came back, he came carrying a packet of the former class of drugs which had been discontinued on Mr. Pinte and gave him to swallow (Silvia et al., 2013). The patient received this medication but later complained that he did not get the relief he expected and that the joints were still inflamed and painful. Reflection of the feelings At the first encounter with Mr. Pinter, I pitied him a lot on the observation that he was having several complications alongside colorectal cancer. Some of these complications included swollen joints, inflamed muscles, and pain in the back, diarrhea and frequent visiting. Moreover, I was very touched on hearing that this patient had been living with this condition for several years. I really symphathazed with the multiple health complications that the patient was going through. Furthermore, I felt really disturbed when the patient explained to me that he felt being a burden to his members of the family and that he opted to die than continue wasting the family resources at the Beret hospital (Dub and Ducharme, 2015). With the loneliness that comes with old age it is crucial that the ailing patients are monitored so that they may not get stressed up. To avoid evil thoughts from entering their minds and low self-esteem, the elderly patients should pre-occupy themselves with some light activities. This enables them to be physically active while at the same time interacting with other people and learn different things. When the doctor gave the wrong drug to the patient I really felt guilty to correct her because we believe that the doctors are always superior and right. Later on, at some point, I gained confidence and approached the doctor to ask him why he had done so. The doctor said that it had happened by mistake and that he was supposed to give atlizumab, a monoclonal antibody drug which reduces inflammation responses in the body (Wootla et al., 2014). While working in this hospital, I was able to impact positively the life of Mr. Pinte, the patient by advising him on how to approach life and he was able to overcome his fears and evil thoughts of committing suicide. In fact on the day he was being discharged from the hospital, he came straight looking for me and was grateful for the care I had given him. In the end I was also able to improve my skills in counseling because this requires that one gives a hear to the patient, analyzes and identifies the problem and offering a basic care to prevent any more problems in future from occurring. As the client noted the difference, the monoclonal antibodies provide a bright future in treatment of inflammation processes and finally reduce pain. In this case, the patient was placed on atlizumab until the day he was discharged from the hospital. Reference List Epp, S., 2008. The value of reflective journaling in undergraduate nursing education: A literature review. International journal of nursing studies, 45(9), pp.1379-1388. Harrison, P.A. and Fopma-Loy, J.L., 2010. Reflective journal prompts: A vehicle for stimulating emotional competence in nursing. Journal of Nursing Education, 49(11), pp.644-652. Wootla, B., Denic, A. and Rodriguez, M., 2014. Polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies in clinic. 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