title: The Pain Game: pain assessment, management, and related JCAHO standards. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  It is a challenge to educators to assist nursing staff in maintaining up-to-date knowledge of pain assessment and management.
  
  
  METHODS
  A learning game, "The Pain Game," was developed to deliver information on current practices and standards related to patient pain assessment and management.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The advantages of using this gaming technique included minimal instructor preparation time, low cost materials, inclusion of participants as peer teachers, and a high level of participant involvement in the learning process.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Pain Game has been a well-received educational activity. Not only did knowledge acquisition occur, but the game also provided an enjoyable alternative to more traditional content delivery methods.
authors.affiliation: Education Services, VA Roseburg Healthcare System, Roseburg, Oregon 97470, USA.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Morton
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tarvin
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D005717:Games, Experimental; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D009922:Oregon; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs