Topic Resources

PAIN

Assessment Tools

American Medical Directors Association (AMDA). (1999, Revised 2003). Clinical practice guideline: Pain management in the long term care setting.

Flaherty, E. (2000). Try this: Assessing pain in older adults, Issue #7. Retrieved June 7, 2004, from The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, College of Nursing, New York University Web site.

Horgas, A. L. (2003). Try this: Best practices in nursing care for hospitalized older adults with dementia: Assessing pain in persons with dementia, 1(2), Number 2. Retrieved June 7, 2004, from The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, College of Nursing, New York University Web site.

The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) Nursing Best Practice Guidelines (NBPG) Project. Best practice guideline: Assessment and management of pain. Retrieved June 7, 2004.

 

Last updated - January 2005