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Pain assessment

By Ros Wright and Marie McCullagh

Part one of a series of English-language worksheets for nurses. In this set of reading and listening activities, students learn how to elicit the type and degree of pain experienced by their patients.

The assessment of pain is a complex activity that involves a consideration of the physical and psychological aspects of the individual. Because pain is a subjective experience, the nurse needs to be able to summarize the information gained against some objective criteria.

Students will learn:

  • vocabulary of the signs and symptoms of pain
  • adjectives to describe pain
  • open and closed questions
  • how to ask about symptoms
  • how to summarize a patient's symptoms

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  • Web Editor | Thu, 24 Nov 2016 2:33 pm

    Hi LiliPipa,

    Can you clarify that you are able to use the audio file?

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  • LipaPipa | Thu, 24 Nov 2016 12:48 pm

    Hi! I can download the audio file! You can only save as a web page!

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  • Web Editor | Fri, 10 Jul 2015 9:59 am

    Hi Adriana,

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  • adriana.henaoj@udea.edu.co | Thu, 9 Jul 2015 4:57 pm

    Fantastic resources, ideal for Nursing studies

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  • Web Editor | Mon, 1 Sep 2014 11:08 am

    Hi there,

    You can download the audio and save it on to your computer. To do this, left click on the title of the audio, then right click on 'Right-click here to download' and finally click on 'Save link as'.

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  • Anonymous | Wed, 27 Aug 2014 11:22 pm

    The lessons are nice but impossible to use the listening if you're not online. The podcasts can't be recorded!!!

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