Regarding pain assessments, it is a good idea to look at this. We just had a jcaho visit and although we assessed for pain, we were asking were they in pain? Y/N and they wanted us to ask, "Is there any history of pain" "What helps alleviate the pain" "How well are the meds working?" etc. don't know if all surveyors will want that but it is a start. I think having a different question on each form would make sense to keep the thought process moving in the direction of assessing the whole realm of pain for the patient. (and maybe liven up the charting a bit! :-))
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