A pain scale is a tool that doctors use to help assess a person’s pain. A person usually self-reports their pain using a specially designed scale, sometimes with the help of a doctor, parent, or ...

KUTV — The following information is provided by Intermountain Health. May 6-12 is National Nurses Week. During the pandemic many people recognized nurses as working at the hospital bedside and in ...

Table 1. Description and outline of the advantages and disadvantages of the most commonly used pain assessment tools. Pain assessment tool Description Advantages Disadvantages Verbal rating scale Pain ...

To determine the reliability of an objective measure of pain, agitation and sedation using the Neonatal Pain, Agitation and Sedation Scale (N-PASS) compared with nursing bedside assessment. The ...

The article by Fallon et al 13 that accompanies this editorial illustrates the use of an implementation research strategy. Findings are reported from a study in which 19 cancer inpatient units in the ...