Type of Pain
Scales
Assessment
PQRST
POSS (Pasero Opioid-Induced Sedation Scale)
100
Pain that is time limited, lasting 0-3 months
What is acute pain?
100
What is Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R)?
100
Focuses on observing the quality of functional performance and coping strategies.
What is observation?
100
How much does it hurt on a scale from 1-10?
What is Severity?
100
Sleep, easy to arouse
What is S?
200
Pain that is ongoing and usually lasts longer than six months.
What is Chronic Pain?
200
FLACC- Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability
What is Assume Pain Present (APP)?
200
Uses a scale from 0-10 to determine pain.
What is a numerical Pain Assessment?
200
Where is the pain located? To be specific, point to the location of the pain or draw it on the diagram. Does it radiate anywhere? If so, where and to what side? Is it equal if both sides are involved? The more specific you can be the better.
What is Radiation?
200
Slightly drowsy, easily aroused
What is 2?
300
Pain that feels like it is coming from a limb that is no longer present.
What is phantom limb pain?
300
What is a numeric pain scale?
300
TAG
What is Therapeutic Activity Goal?
300
When did the pain start? Does the severity or character of the pain change based on time of day, activity, weather, time of year or position?
What is time?
300
Frequently drowsy, arousable, drifts off to sleep during conversation
What is 3?
400
Pain caused by nerve irritation. This includes conditions such as neuropathy, radicular pain and trigeminal neuralgia.
What is Neuropathic pain?
400
This tool was designed to assess the pain of critically ill patients who are incapable of reporting their pain.
What is the Critical Care Observation Tool?
400
5th Vital Sign
What is pain assessment?
400
What does the pain feel like and how often? Is it sharp, dull, stabbing, crushing, throbbing, nauseating?
What is Quality?
400
Awake and alert
What is 1?
500
Pain without obvious origin, but can cause pain. Examples of such conditions are fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome.
What is functional pain?
500
Breathing independent of vocalization, negative vocalization, facial expressions, body language, consolability.
What are the components of an Advanced Dementia Pain Scale?
500
It's whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever and wherever the person says it does.
What is Pain?
500
What were you doing at the onset? What makes it worse, what makes it better?
What are Palliative/Provocative Factors?
500
Somnolent, minimal or no response to verbal and physical stimulation
What is 4?