Pain: the fifth vital sign. Comprehensive assessment leads to proper treatment

MeSH terms

• Analgesics / pharmacokinetics
• Analgesics / therapeutic use
• Drug Monitoring / methods
• Drug Monitoring / nursing
• Drug Tolerance
• Humans
• Nurse Practitioners
• Nursing Assessment / methods*
• Pain / classification
• Pain / diagnosis*
• Pain / etiology
• Pain Management*
• Pain Measurement / methods
• Pain Measurement / nursing
• Patient Selection
• Physical Examination / methods*
• Physical Examination / nursing
• Primary Health Care / methods
• Severity of Illness Index
• Therapeutic Equivalency