Thursday, July 13, 2006

Nursing Care at the End of Life

Pain Assessment

Begin with the patient
The patient is the most reliable source of her or his own pain report, and the patient’s own rating of pain using a pain scale to quantify the pain is the first step. 

Pain Assessment Tools
Commonly used pain scales shown at this site.

http://erlewinedesign.com/end-of-life-care/210beginwith.htm

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