Question to ER Nurses

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I have a question for the Emergency Room nurses. I am in my BSN program and I have an AD degree. I use to work ER and we had to do 5 case studies in the program for ER patients. Most were in an unresponsive state. I got perfect scores except on pain assessment. How do you assess an unresponsive patient for pain? We always used sternum rubs and such to see if they had a response to deep pain stimulus, but how would you know they are in pain from the injury if they are unresponsive?

Thanks

~Willow

Specializes in ER, L&D, ICU, LTC, HH.

Thanks everyone I appreciate it!

~Willow

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