Pain Assessment and Management – Palliative Care Setting
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Category:
Pain Assessment.
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Age Range:
Not Specified.
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Tags:
Comfort, Documentation, Palliative.
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Type of Document:
Nursing Guideline, Pain Assessment Protocol.
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Type of Pain:
Palliative.
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Author:
Canuck Place Children's Hospice
Assessing and measuring pain consistently as part of a comprehensive ongoing comfort assessment is
paramount to providing high quality pediatric palliative care and effective pain management. This guideline will outline an approach to pain assessment in children of all ages across a pediatric palliative care setting.