Pat, you have mentioned the thought provoking statements on value of nurses knowledge, skills and attitude in relation to pain management as well the necessity to integrate routine pain assessment. On daily shift wise complete physical assessment includes the pain assessment by means of certain tools to choose appropriately in accordance with the patient physical, and cognitive status based on their perception and severity of pain. The innovative tools are most often discussed, experimented, and researched for betterment of pain management. In mid of diverse population of patients, in order to assess accurate measurement of pain; visual analog scale - face scale, Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale, numeric rating scale, and Brief Pain Inventory
