Chapter 36: Pain Management in L&L Flashcards
Pain Scales
FACES: as young as 3 or 4, 6 illustrations with a number underneath.
OUCHER: 3-13 years, 6 photographs, not illustrations, scale of 0-10 along side, vertical
Poker Chip: >3-4 years; pieces of hurt, 4 red and one white chip,
Word graphic: 4-17 years; line with descriptors, child marks where his pain, nurse measures distance from 0 with a ruler,
Visual Analog-Numeric Scales: >7 years visual, > for numerical; mark on a horizontal scale of numbers or line.
Adolescent Pediatric Pain Tool: 8-17; Location on 2 illustrations, severity on a scale, list of words to describe pain
Neonatal pain scales
NIPS: face, cry, breathing, arms, legs, state of arousal. Most is 7
Riley infant pain scale: max 18; for nonverbal infants; face, movement, sleep, verbal, consolability, response to touch or movement
Pain Observation Scale for Young Children: 1-4 yrs; max score 7, Same as NIP, but adds torso
Cries for post op: cry, O2, increased vitals, face expression, sleeplessness
FLACC: 2 months - 7 years; Faces, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability; behavioral assessment,
