We ask "Pain in the last 48 hours" and go from there.. Hx of pain seems to me that it would tie your staff up hearing about pain episodes from ages ago that might not be relevant to this visit
I think that JCAHO is looking to make sure that the patient did not get relief in the ER and then fell through the cracks on the units. Kay H. Morgan, RN Nursing Informatics/Clinical Analyst 256-386-4373 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dorn, Doris - DCHS IT Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 11:18 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [MEDITECH-L] pain assessments at adm,each shift and w/ each pain med given 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! :-)) Doris Dorn Associate/Application Support Specialist Daughters of Charity IT Department * * * (408) 848-8694 * Fax: (408) 842-2155 . Privileged/Confidential information may be contained in this message. The information contained in this message is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above and their co-workers who are working on the same matter. The recipient of this information is prohibited from disclosing the information to any other party unless this disclosure has been authorized in advance. If you are not intended recipient of this message or any agent responsible for delivery of the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken in reliance on the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. You should immediately destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply E-Mail. Please advise immediately if you or your employer does not consent to Internet E-Mail for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of the firm shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it.
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