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Daily Monitoring of Pain & Response to Pain Management Plan

Daily Monitoring and Response to Pain Management Plan



Key Steps
Key Elements
Resident has had a comprehensive assessment and
care plan implemented.
Determine schedule for ongoing monitoring
Evaluate results of pain monitoring
Select monitoring tool


No
Select tool appropriate to resident:
Pain scale
Faces scale
Behavior monitoring
Minimally daily
Before and after medication
administration
With changes in treatment
Go to Comprehensive Pain Assessment and
Care Plan Development flow diagrams
Ask:
Are residents goals for pain
management being achieved?
Does plan of care need to be adjusted?
Is selected tool capturing the
information needed to monitor the
resident?
Comprehensive assessment completed.
Care plan developed and implemented
Yes
Make changes in plan of care as necessary and
continue ongoing monitoring


This material was developed by the QIO program for CMS NHQI and is intended as general information. Any
individual using the material must consider the possibility of human error, changes in medical sciences, and the
need to use clinical judgment in each specific case.
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