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1. Aim/Purpose of this Guideline. 1.1. It is the responsibility of every healthcare professional to assess a patient’s pain using a recognized pain scoring tool to provide effective and timely pain relief. 1.2. This version supersedes any previous versions of this document.
May 24, 2018 · Explore the attitudes and beliefs of older people with pain about the assessment of their pain and interactions with carers. Evaluate the effectiveness of the assessment of function as a measure of pain in older people. Evaluate the effectiveness of self-assessment to quantify pain in older people.
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Mar 7, 2024 · This article seeks to provide a deeper understanding of the physiology of pain and the various classifications used in clinical practice. It also aims to raise awareness of the skills that nurses require for the assessment and management of an individual patient's pain.
Offer a person-centred assessment to people presenting with chronic pain (chronic primary pain, chronic secondary pain, or both), to identify factors contributing to the pain and how the pain affects the person’s life.
Feb 17, 2021 · Handbook of pain assessment. Now in a revised and expanded second edition, this classic text provides comprehensive coverage of the most advanced methods for assessing the person in pain.
The document begins with an Executive Summary (section 1) before providing background information and a summary of the current evidence for PMPs (section 2). Section 3 provides an overview of the aims of PMPs as well as their methods, and key considerations in terms of delivery and outcomes.
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For acute pain, caused by trauma, surgery, childbirth, or an acute medical disease, determining location, temporal aspects, and pain intensity, goes a long way to characterize the pain and evaluate the effects of treatment of the pain condition and its underlying cause.
