Pain Diaries, Journals, and Logs
- 1 March 1990
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Orthopaedic Nursing
- Vol. 9 (2) , 37-39
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006416-199003000-00007
Abstract
Writing pain journals serves several purposes for both the patient and the nursing staff. The diaries reveal feelings and experiences on a subjective level, and medications, pain duration, and other factual information on an objective level. The benefits can be immediate and therapeutic or ongoing and retrospectively useful to the patients. Information can be used by the nursing staff to better meet the patient's physical and emotional needs.Keywords
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