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	Archive > March, 2008	Vol. IX, No. 3

Ideas That Work

A Pain Scale for All Patients

A Pain Rating Scale For All Patients
It incorporates facial expressions, ranked numbers and familiar words.

We wanted to standardize our post-op pain assessments because staff were using different pain scales and patients were often too groggy to quantify their pain. To get everyone on the same page, we placed an 8-inch-by-11-inch laminated card at each bedside that contains:

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