Believe Me When I Say That I ’m In Pain

A young man with SCD presents to the ED reporting that his leg and back pain is a 9 on a 10-point scale. “Really?” The nurse responds in disbelief—he is not grimacing, sweating, or crying out in pain. One of the first things that nurses learn about pain is that “pain is whatever the person The post Believe Me When I Say That I’m In Pain appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine.
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