There are a number of factors involved in regards to a nurse's best practice associated in pain management. To ask a patient 'do you have pain?' is not an adequate intervention for effective pain management by nurses. As the literature shows, pain assessment is a much more comprehensive and important aspect of best practice. Firstly, the assessment of pain is both integral to understanding the patient and their experience of pain, and allowing the management of this pain to be of the highest standard. Pain management can only be executed to its full degree if the assessment is accurate and comprehensive, relating specifically to the individual. As Seers & Friedli (as cited in Manias et al, 2002) explains 'Indeed, pain is more than 'an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage; it is also determined by the…[individuals'] specific context and the meaning they give to their pain.' Another important factor to look at is the......
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