Pain Management

2. Faces Pain scale using facial expressions to help patients communicate pain severity
4. pain indicators Changes such as altered vital signs, sweating, nausea, or appetite changes
7. Behavioral Pain Scale used to assess pain in patients unable to self-report
10. pain scale Rates pain from 0 to 10
11. pain indicators Withdrawal, irritability, anxiety, or behavior changes associated with pain
13. An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience requiring assessment and treatment
15. Description of what the pain feels like
17. When pain started and its pattern or duration
18. Patient's understanding of what may be causing the pain
19. Protecting or holding a painful body area

1. What causes pain or makes it better or worse
3. Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool used when a patient cannot self-report pain
5. Patient's own description of their pain; preferred when possible
6. Location of pain and whether it spreads elsewhere
8. How intense the pain is
9. pain indicators Observable behaviors such as grimacing, guarding, moaning, or changes in movement
12. Evaluation of the patient's pain again after an intervention
13. assessment Process of determining the patient's pain characteristics and severity
14. Method for systematically assessing pain
16. intervention Action taken to reduce or manage the patient's pain