We are encouraged in practice to focus on patients’ pain, managing their pain, and reassessing their pain throughout our shift. Consider your ease and skill with pain assessment and answer the following questions.
How would you describe your ability to perform a thorough and complete pain assessment?
Do you use all the steps in COLD SPA in your assessment? Please explain. If you do not, what do you omit, and why.
- How can you improve your pain assessment based on the use of COLD SPA?
