What Everyone Should Know These materials are available for review through Nursing Staff Development at 263-6488. The orientee will be evaluated according to the criteria listed on the following pages. Two patients with pain who were cared for by the orientee in the past several days are identified. The preceptor then reviews documentation of pain assessments done by the orientee. The preceptor reviews patients' medication administration records and asks orientee to discuss rationale for analgesic dosing schedules.
Preceptor queries patients and families as to their perceptions of pain management.
Orientee demonstrates pump set-up and programming. A. Asks all patients on admission and routinely as part of a systems assessment about the presence of pain. D. Collaborates with patient and health care team to define pain relief goal. E. Documents initial pain assessment in AIR note, reassessments on daily flowsheet, and frequency of reassess and pain relief goal on critical pathway. G. Assesses patients' response to analgesics.