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	PURPOSE: A screening assessment is conducted to determine the presence or absence of pain in the pediatric patient. Pain is assessed to understand how much pain a child is experiencing and to understand if what is being done to relieve pain is working. Information can be provided to parents to help them identify a child's pain. POLICY: Infants and children will be screened for the presence or absence of pain. Identified pain in infants and children will be assessed and addressed. GUIDELINES: Infants and children under three 3 years of age: Infants experience pain, in which the intensity...
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	...three or four 3 or 4 years of age: May become quiet and inactive May become hyperactive May only be able to express pain in single words Parents recognize pain through changes in behavior and communicate what word is used at home for pain Children 5 to 10 years of age: Can tell you more about pain Can use faces or other pain scale 0-5 or 0-10 least pain to worst pain for units of measure in assessing pain Can draw pain location on a body diagram Adolescents: Can explain pain...