Assessing pain in non-verbal residents

  1. Click on Measure in left side bar menu.
  2. Click on Vital Signs tab.
  3. Click on the resident’s name.
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  4. Click on Pain and scroll to select the input type.
  5. For non-verbal assessment select PAINAD and open the assessment by clickingpencil .

  6. Select applicable non-verbal symptoms

- Breathing

- Negative Vocalization

- Facial Expression

- Body Language

- Consolability

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7.  Click Confirm.

Once selected the numerical values will total to assign a pain number to the resident.

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8.   Click Save to upload.

Note: While the numerical value will sync to PointClickCare, the assessment details will not. They will be stored in the VitalLink Web Portal.