Reporting Symptoms of Pain
Order# PN501
Presented by Debra Wertheimer, MD
interacive discussion and resident vignettes
20 minutes
title price: $150; $75 rental
Dr. Wertheimer and nursing assistants assess several residents to demonstrate how to recognize and report symptoms of pain. Dr. Wertheimer emphasizes that staff need to get exact descriptions from residents who are able to speak.
With non-verbal residents, nursing assistants must be on the look out for changes in eating, sleeping and behavior as well as for grimacing, changes in calling out and changes in positioning.
Topics: pain symptoms, assessing patients, reporting pain
Audience: Long-term care, hospice and home health care staff; allied health training programs
This program is part of the "Controlling Pain" series.
| Controlling Pain presented by Debra Wertheimer, MD |
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| Reporting Symptoms of Pain (PN501) | Non-pharmacological Approaches to Pain Management (PN503) |
| Assessing and Re-assessing Response to Pain Management (PN502) | |