Pain Management Nursing
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 44-52, June 2006

Pain Assessment in the Nonverbal Patient: Position Statement with Clinical Practice Recommendations

  • Keela Herr, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Adult and Gerontological Nursing, The University of Iowa College of Nursing, Iowa City, Iowa
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint request to Keela Herr, PhD, RN, FAAN, 452 NB, College of Nursing, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
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  • Patrick J. Coyne, MSN, RN, CS, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Medical College of Virginia Hospital, Rockville, Virginia
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  • Tonya Key, RN, C

      Affiliations

    • Washington County Hospital Association, Hagerstown, Maryland
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  • Renee Manworren, MS, RN, C, CNS

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Nurse Specialist and Manager of Pain Management, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
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  • Margo McCaffery, MS, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Independent Consultant in the Nursing Care of Patients with Pain, Los Angeles, California
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  • Sandra Merkel, MS, RNC

      Affiliations

    • Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Jane Pelosi-Kelly, MSN, RN, C, CS, ANP

      Affiliations

    • Alexian Brothers Hospital Network, Elk Grove Village, Illinois
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  • Lori Wild, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington

Abstract 

The article presents the position statement and clinical practice recommendations for pain assessment in the nonverbal patient developed by an appointed Task Force and approved by the ASPMN Board of Directors.

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PII: S1524-9042(06)00033-6

doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2006.02.003

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 44-52, June 2006

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