As the health care industry’s most comprehensive library of customizable policy and procedure templates, MCN Healthcare’s Pain Management Policy and Procedure Manual includes this customizable template, Pain Assessment Form Guidelines. MCN’s policy library helps you meet compliance with Joint Commission and federal regulations including CMS, CDC, OSHA, OIG, HIPAA and more.

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Here is some sample content from Pain Assessment Form Guidelines:

	PAIN ASSESSMENT FORM GUIDELINES Statement on Pain Management: All patients have a right to pain relief. This tool is composed of 10 sections. When possible, obtain this information directly from the patient. Indicate if the information is gathered from another source, like a spouse or parent. Remember, in some settings, such as ambulatory surgery, not all of this information is necessary. Decide what will be useful to you for the management of the patient. Location: Describe the location of the pain. Ask the patient to mark on a picture or point to the site of the pain. Intensity: ...
Second excerpt:
	...to evaluate the effectiveness of intervention. Quality, patterns of radiation, if any, and character: In this section of the assessment form, patients are asked to describe the type of pain or what the pain feels like to them. They may use such words as throbbing, burning, stabbing, tender or heavy. Some patients may be unaccustomed to thinking about their pain these terms. A question such as What would you have to do to me to make me feel the pain that you have?, can help elicit this...