Chapter 10- OPQRST

Question 1

The OPQRST mnemonic is useful for gathering information about ___________

Answer 1

a patients history of present illness and current symptoms

Question 2

Although OPQRST is most easily used for questions about pain, it could also be used for other symptoms such as

Answer 2

dizziness
nausea
shortness of breath

Question 3

What does the OPQRST nemonic stand for ?

Answer 3

Onset- What were you doing when the symptoms began?

Provocation/Palliation- Does anything make the symptoms better or worse? How are you most comfortable?

Quality- What does the symptom feel like? Is it sharp, dull, crushing, tearing? Does it come in waves? Ask the patient to describe the symptom?

Region/Radiation- Where do you feel the symptom? Does it move anywhere ?

Severity- On a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 being “nothing at all” and 10 being “the worst you can imagine” how would you rate your symptom?

Timing- How long have you had the symptom? Where did it start?

Question 4

Something known as the ___________ scale is helpful in assessing pain in children and patients with a developmental delay

Answer 4

Wong-Baker scale