1. PAIN ASSESSMENT-THE
FIFTH VITAL SIGN
Lisa Tunney-Woelk
RN MSN CCRN

2. PAIN ASSESSMENT-AS EASY AS
THE NURSING PROCESS
Assessment
Nursing Diagnosis
Implementation
Evaluation

3. ASSESME
NT:
SUBJECTI
VE
Location
Onset
Intensity (pain scale)
Pain description (patients own words)
Aggravating factors
Reliving Factors
“History of Pain”-what's the patients
story?
Pain is subjective and feels exactly how the
patient perceives the pain:

4. ANXIETY IS A MAJOR
CONTRIBUTOR TO PAIN
PERCEPTION: ASSESS
ANXIETY LEVEL