The nurse is planning to assess the amount of pain that a 15-year-old child is experiencing after a motor vehicle crash. Which pain scale should the nurse use to measure this patient's pain?
A) CRIES
B) FACES
C) Adolescent Pediatric Pain Tool
D) The COMFORT Behavior Scale
C
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The Adolescent Pediatric Pain Tool combines a visual activity and a numerical scale. On one half of the form is an outline figure showing the anterior and posterior view of a child. To use the tool, tell a child to color in the figure, drawing at the point where pain is felt. In addition, on the right side of the form, tell the child to rate present pain in reference to "no pain," "little pain," "medium pain," "large pain," and "worst possible pain.". For a third activity, tell children to point to or circle as many words as possible on the form that describe their pain. The scale is suggested for use in children 8 through 17 years of age. The CRIES tool and COMFORT Behavior Scale are tools appropriate for use with infants. The FACES tool is appropriate for use with small children starting around age 3 years.
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