Thursday, July 13, 2006

An good introduction to pain assessment for nurses (30 pages)



Accurate assessment of your patient’s pain is the first step in developing an effective treatment plan to deal with pain. Because pain is subjective, no two patients experience pain the same way. Since pain has physiological, psychological, sociocultural, behavioral and affective components, assessment must address each component as it relates to your patient.

http://www.fadavis.com/related_resources/27_1885_654.pdf

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