Ineffective Pain Management In Children

Children’s pain needs to be properly and adequately assessed before it can be managed effectively. Early pain detection, adequate treatment will reduce pain episodes in paediatrics population. According to Ashley (2009), goal of pain assessment is to detect presence of pain, its severity and assess the effectiveness of any interventions. Assessment of pain in children should be subjective if they are verbal or observational based on behavior and physiological changes if nonverbal as reported by Howard et al (2008). Ineffective pain management in children can lead to chronic pain later in life.

Managing pain in children has never been as wonderful as now! Children’s pain has been poorly assessed in the past. Ashley expresses that,