Clinical Pain Resources
For links to MGH Pain Resources, click here.
Pain assessment
Analgesic range orders
"PCA by proxy"
The Intersection of Pain and Addictive Illness
Pain Assessment Resources
- Partners
Against Pain: Pain Assessment Scales in 18 Different Languages
- City of Hope Pain/Palliative Care Resource Center website.
- Scroll to IV. Special Populations & click on Pediatrics. Scroll to Educational Materials/Curriculum
- Scroll to IV. Special Populations & click on Pain in the Elderly.
- Scroll to Guidelines/Clinical Pathways, then 5. State of the Art Review of Tools for Assessment of Pain in Nonverbal OlderAdults.
- Herr K, Coyne PJ, Key T, Manworren R, McCaffery M, Merkel S, Pelosi-Kelly J, Wild L. Pain assessment in the nonverbal patient: position statement with clinical practice recommendations. Pain Management Nursing. 2006 Jun;7(2):44-52.
- Herr K, Bjoro K, Decker S. Tools for assessment of pain in nonverbal older adults with dementia: a state-of-the-science review. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2006 Feb;31(2):170-92. [Available in Treadwell Library]
- Pasero, C & McCaffery, M. No self-report means no pain intensity rating. American Journal of Nursing 2005;105(10):50-53. [Available in Treadwell Library]
- Arnstein P. Comprehensive analysis and management of chronic pain. Nursing Clinics of North America. 2003 Sep;38(3):403-17. [Available in Treadwell Library]
- Ware LJ, Epps CD, Herr K, Packard A. Evaluation of the revised faces pain scale, verbal descriptor scale, numeric rating scale, and iowa pain thermometer in older minority adults. Pain Management Nursing. 2006 Sep;7(3):117-25. [Available from Paul Arnstein 617-724-8517 pmarnstein [at] partners.org]
Range Orders
- American Pain Society (APS)/American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN) Position Statement on range orders.
- Gordon DB, Dahl J, Phillips P, Frandsen J, Cowley C, Foster RL, Fine PG, Miaskowski C, Fishman S, Finley RS; American Society for Pain Management Nursing, American Pain Society. The use of "as-needed" range orders for opioid analgesics in the management of acute pain: a consensus statement of the American Society for Pain Management Nursing and the American Pain Society. Pain Management Nursing. 2004 Jun;5(2):53-8. [Available from Paul Arnstein 617-724-8517 pmarnstein [at] partners.org]
- Manworren RC. A call to action to protect range orders. A consensus statement supports this important nursing responsibility. American Journal of Nursing. 2006 Jul;106(7):65-8. [Available in Treadwell Library]
- Pasero C, et al. IV Opioid Range Orders for Acute Pain Management. American Journal of Nursing. Feb 2007;107(2):52-59.
"PCA by Proxy"
Sponsored by MGH Cares About Pain Relief
For additional information,
contact Paul Arnstein, PhD, RN
617-724-8517
pmarnstein [at] partners.org
This page last updated 18 June 2007
