Chapter 4 – Pain Assessment

Published in January 2023

Authors:

Dr. Jennifer Lapum, PhD, RN, Professor ¹

Michelle Hughes, MEd, RN, Professor ²

Ovie Onagbeboma, MBA(c), RN ³

Diane MacEachern, MScN, NP-PHC, Professor ²

Dr. Erin Ziegler, PhD, NP-PHC, Assistant Professor ¹

Dr. Nadia Prendergast, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor ¹

Dr. Charlotte Lee, PhD, RN, Associate Professor ¹

Nada Savicevic, MA, MSc Arch, Educational Developer ¹

Sheilagh Callahan, MScN, RN, Professor ⁴

Vikky Leung, MN, RN, Professor ²

Caitlin Cosgrove, nursing student ¹

Sabrina Gebreamlak, nursing student ¹

Starr Ferguson, nursing student ¹

Consultants:

Margaret Verkuyl², Evan Accettola¹, Praveen Govindaraj⁵ 

¹ Toronto Metropolitan University

² Centennial College

³ Canadian Black Nurses Alliance

⁴ George Brown College

⁵ Markham Stouffville Hospital

Funding

This project is made possible with funding by the Government of Ontario and through eCampusOntario’s support of the Virtual Learning Strategy. To learn more about the Virtual Learning Strategy visit: https://vls.ecampusontario.ca

Views expressed in the publication are the views of Recipient and do not necessarily reflect those of the Province of Ontario or OOLC

Acknowledgments

Instructional design consultant: Nada Savicevic, MA Interactive Design, MSc Architecture, BSc Eng Arch, Educational Developer, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching,  Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada

Copyeditor: Linn Clark, Research and Editing Services, Toronto, Canada

Pressbooks consultant: Sally Wilson, Web Services Librarian, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada

Copyright consultant: Ann Ludbrook, Copyright and Scholarly Engagement, Librarian, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada 

Thank you to Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing at Toronto Metropolitan University for supporting this project and sharing their lab space to film the assessment videos.

Artist / Illustrators

Arina Bogdan, BScN, RN (cover art, and images in peripheral vasculature and lymphatics chapters)

Student Advisory Committee

Sarah Ahmed, Toronto Metropolitan, Centennial, George Brown Collaborative Nursing Degree Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Alexis Andrew, Toronto Metropolitan, Centennial, George Brown Collaborative Nursing Degree Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ding Ding Ding, Toronto Metropolitan, Centennial, George Brown Collaborative Nursing Degree Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Angelika Guanlao, Toronto Metropolitan, Centennial, George Brown Collaborative Nursing Degree Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ariana Kavianpour, Toronto Metropolitan, Centennial, George Brown Collaborative Nursing Degree Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Joon Lee, Toronto Metropolitan, Centennial, George Brown Collaborative Nursing Degree Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Lathania Lewis, Toronto Metropolitan, Centennial, George Brown Collaborative Nursing Degree Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Celina Odvina, Toronto Metropolitan, Centennial, George Brown Collaborative Nursing Degree Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jason Salvador, Toronto Metropolitan, Centennial, George Brown Collaborative Nursing Degree Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dominic Stewart, Toronto Metropolitan, Centennial, George Brown Collaborative Nursing Degree Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada