pain scale assessment notes for nursing students.pdf

Pain scale assessment

1. PAIN
ASSESSMENT

2. History
collection
Pain characteristics
Pattern of pain
Area of pain
Intensity of pain
Pain quality
History of pain relief measures

3. Functional and
psychosocial assessment
Physiological assessment

4. Common pain scale

6. Visual analogue scale (VAS)

8. Verbal pain
intensity scale

10. Wong Bakery scale