The document discusses vital signs and pain assessment. It covers temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and oxygen saturation as vital signs. It then discusses pain assessment, noting that pain is a subjective experience. It describes several pain scales commonly used in clinical settings, including the numerical pain scale, faces pain scale, and characteristics used to describe pain like location, onset, duration and quality.

1. Today’s Lecture  Vital Signs Overview/Context  Temperature  Pulse  Blood Pressure  Respiratory Rate  Oxygen Saturation  Pain  Assignment

3. Pain Process Tollefson 2007 pp148-151

7. Faces Pain Scale From Wong, D.L., Hockenberry-Eaton, M., Wilson, D., Winkelstein, M.L., Ahmann, E., DiVito-Thomas, P.A. (1999) Whaley and Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children, ed. 6, St. Louis, 1999, p. 2040. Copyrighted by Mosby, Inc Accessed via www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/youngpeople/page7

8. Today’s Lecture  Vital Signs Overview/Context  Temperature  Pulse  Blood Pressure  Respiratory Rate  Oxygen Saturation  Pain  Assignment