Pain Scales
Uses numbers to assess pain level
Appropriate assessment and management of pain is considered...
What is a patient right/5th vital sign?
Time frame that nurses must reassess pain after an intervention
What is 1hr?
Uses faces with expressions to assess pain
What is Wong Baker?
Nurses must do this if an intervention does not effectively control a patient's pain
What is notify/collaborate with the provider?
NIPS and N-PASS are scales used in this patient population
What is neonatal/infants?
Non-pharmacologic pain management interventions include
What is:
distraction
positioning
music therapy
pet therapy
spiritual consult
Time frame a nurse has to waste a narcotic medication
What is immediately upon pulling the medication OR within 30min of administration?
Used in critical care settings for ventilated patients
What is CPOT (Critical Care Observation Tool)?
Pain medication order must match (fill in the blank)
What is pain severity?
Inpatient pain assessments should be completed at these intervals
What is:
on admission
at least every shift (on med-surg)
every 4 hrs (critical care)
as condition warrants/changes
per policy specifics (epidurals/PCAs)
FLACC assesses these clinical criteria to assess pain
What is Face, Legs, Activity, Crying, Consolability?
Patient complains of severe pain (8/10) but does not want strong medication. The patient has hydrocodone-acetaminophen 5/325mg PO Q6h PRN for severe pain (7-10/10) and ibuprofen 600mg PO Q6h PRN for mild/moderate pain (1-6/10). The nurse may...
What is give the medication ordered for lesser pain AND document that patient requested a lesser strength medication despite verbalized pain scale?
ED pain assessments should be completed at these intervals
What is:
upon arrival
as condition warrants/changes
upon discharge (ED discharge, admission, transfer)