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sleepyeyes, this type of attitude on her behalf makes me sick!! Please document, document, document. Take it to your immediate supervisor. If she pooh-poohs you again, go higher! Don't let her push you around. If you have something in writing with dates times, and others who were present then you have some ammo. You just cannot be nice to some people. Not only is she being unprofessional she is being out and out rude. Don't let her get away with it! sara

It is sooooo sad that ANYBODY in this day and age have to suffer with pain. It should be criminal NOT to treat a person with chronic pain. Unless you have had to deal with it, it would be hard to understand I suppose. I come from mostly critical care background. I learned there very quickly that if you have a patient who suddenly becomes restless and/or anxious, and his vital signs change, he quite possibly could be in pain. Treat the pain, you'll have your patient back under control. As for people with chronic pain from disease or injury, their pain needs to be addressed just as any other patient's pain would. People who have chronic pain have a poor quality of life. Treat the pain, you'll have a much more productive human being. One that could possibly work again, be a spouse, or a mother. There is absolutely no reason for a patient's pain to be ignored by any member of the health care team.