How Do Nurses Assess Pain in Multimodal Analgesia?
Pain assessment is the first step in effective pain management. Nurses use various pain assessment tools like the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale to evaluate pain intensity. Additionally, they assess the impact of pain on the patient's daily activities, mood, and sleep. Regular pain assessments help in tailoring the multimodal analgesia plan to meet the individual needs of the patient.
