PQRRSTU pain assessment questions Flashcards
1
Q
P
A
palliative or provocative factors:
what makes your pain worse?
what makes it better?
2
Q
Q
A
quality:
describe your pain
3
Q
R1
A
relief measures:
what do you take at home to gain pain relief?
what makes your pain go away?
4
Q
R2
A
region:
show me where you hurt
5
Q
S
A
severity:
on a scale of 0-10, how bad is your pain?
what is the worse pain you have felt in the past 24 hours?
what is the average pain you have had in the past 24 hours?
6
Q
T
A
timing:
do you have pain all the time, only at certain times, or only on certain days?
7
Q
U
A
effect of pain (U is UNABLE):
describe what you cannot do because of your pain
