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Pain Assessment in the Patient Unable to Self-Report: Clinical Practice Recommendations in Support of the ASPMN 2019 Position Statement
- Source :
- Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses. 20(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Pain is a subjective experience, unfortunately, some patients cannot provide a self-report of pain verbally, in writing, or by other means. In patients who are unable to self-report pain, other strategies must be used to infer pain and evaluate interventions. In support of the ASPMN position statement "Pain Assessment in the Patient Unable to Self-Report", this paper provides clinical practice recommendations for five populations in which difficulty communicating pain often exists: neonates, toddlers and young children, persons with intellectual disabilities, critically ill/unconscious patients, older adults with advanced dementia, and patients at the end of life. Nurses are integral to ensuring assessment and treatment of these vulnerable populations.
- Subjects :
- Advanced and Specialized Nursing
Position statement
medicine.medical_specialty
030504 nursing
Difficulty communicating
Critically ill
business.industry
Critical Illness
Psychological intervention
MEDLINE
Professional-Patient Relations
Clinical Practice
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pain assessment
Societies, Nursing
Physical therapy
medicine
Consciousness Disorders
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
0305 other medical science
Self report
business
Pain Measurement
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15328635
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4b1c34b9664586af0b4c9735753bd4da