Which scale would be most appropriate for the nurse to use when assessing pain in a 5-year-old?
A) Visual Analog Scale
B) Verbal Numeric Scale
C) McGill Pain Questionnaire
D) Wong-Baker FACES Scale
D) Wong-Baker FACES Scale
Explanation: A) The most commonly used is the visual analog scale (VAS); in using the VAS, patients rate their pain by indicating a position along a continuous line between two end points of no pain to very severe pain.
B) In using the verbal numeric scale (VNS), patients verbally rate their pain on a scale of 0 (no pain) to 10 (most intense pain imaginable).
C) The McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ), which lists 78 pain descriptor items categorized into 20 subclasses, is a multidimensional pain questionnaire that measures the sensory, affective, and evaluative aspects of chronic pain.
D) A visual analog scale, such as the Wong-Baker FACES scale, is useful in determining pain in young children.
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