Documenting and treating acute pain in children
Anne Price Paediatric clinical nurse specialist, Campbelltown Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales
Jocelyn Ong Deputy director of pharmacy, Campbelltown Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales
Grant Isedale Senior nurse manager in the emergency department, Campbelltown Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales
Candice Mackellar Clinical nurse specialists, Campbelltown Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales
Fiona McDermid Clinical nurse specialists, Campbelltown Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales
Anne Price and colleagues describe the development of a tool for assessing acute pain in children that can be used by paediatric and non-paediatric staff
Pain management for children in emergency departments is often inconsistent or inadequate due to a lack of appropriate protocols. This article discusses the development of such a protocol in an ED in Sydney, Australia, and how its implementation led to a huge improvement in documentation of pain scores and in the appropriateness of pain relief given.
Emergency Nurse.
19, 3, 18-20.
doi: 10.7748/en2011.06.19.3.18.c8554
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