This customizable document, Pain Management Policy Statement, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Outpatient Surgery and Ambulatory Services Policy and Procedure Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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Here is some sample content from Pain Management Policy Statement:

	POLICY: All patients have a right to pain relief. Nursing staff inform patients at the time of their initial evaluation that relief of pain is an important part of their care and respond quickly to reports of pain. Nursing staff ask patients on initial evaluation and as part of regular assessments about presence, quality and intensity of pain and use the patient's self report as the primary indicator of pain. Nursing staff work together with the patient and other healthcare providers to establish a goal for pain relief and develop and implement a plan to achieve that goal. Nursing staff...
Second excerpt:
	...staff provide follow-up information on managing pain at home, including when to contact their healthcare provider for further assistance on discharge to home or transfer to another healthcare provider. Healthcare givers participate in monitoring performance on the appropriateness and effectiveness of pain management. The families of pediatric patients will receive information, preoperatively, on pain and pain assessment, including the parent's role in interpreting behavioral changes of...