This course covers best practices in pain assessment, barriers to performing a pain assessment, and the importance of a robust pain assessment to pain management. The components of a comprehensive pain assessment, types of pain and how they differ, and the tools used for assessing pain in non-verbal or cognitively impaired individuals are also covered.

• Identify the components of a comprehensive pain assessment.
• Identify common barriers to effective pain management.
• Demonstrate the correct use of pain scales in a clinical scenario.
• Identify 4 types of pain and their descriptors.
• Identify symptoms that should be assessed as they are known to be associated with pain.