title: Pain diaries, journals, and logs.
abstract: Writing pain journals serves several purposes for both the patient and the nursing staff. The diaries reveal feelings and experiences on a subjective level, and medications, pain duration, and other factual information on an objective level. The benefits can be immediate and therapeutic or ongoing and retrospectively useful to the patients. Information can be used by the nursing staff to better meet the patient's physical and emotional needs.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Copp
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D012648:Self Care; D014956:Writing
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics