title: Pain assessment.
abstract: Pain assessment is fundamental to planning pain relief and is an area of nursing accountability. It allows diagnosis of the cause of pain, accurately evaluates the effect of analgesia and provides a framework for the setting of standards. Pain assessment should be a collaborative process involving the patient.
authors.affiliation: South Cleveland Hospital, Middlesbrough.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lawler
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009737:Nursing Records; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D010358:Patient Participation