Pain Screening
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IT STARTS WITH SCREENING
Effective pain management starts with an initial screening. The importance of this step goes beyond its first place in a series of tasks that lead to better care and quality of life for residents. It is perhaps more significant as a powerful motivator for change.
Though it is natural to defend against it at first, once you awaken to the pain around you, it is difficult to not do anything to alleviate it. This very human inclination to ease pain may explain why nursing homes that report a higher prevalence of pain among residents also do a better job of assessing pain and treating it (4).
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