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Position Statement Pain Assessment in the Patient Unable to Self-Report: Position Statement with Clinical Practice Recommendations Keela Herr, PhD, RN, AGSF, FAAN,*. --- Patrick J. Coyne, MSN, RN, APRN, FAAN, . Margo McCaffery, MS, RN, FAAN, . Renee Manworren, PhD, RN, CB, APRN, PCNS-BC, . and Sandra Merkel, MS, RN-BC{. From the *University of Iowa College of Nursing, Iowa City, Iowa; Virginia POSITION STATEMENT. Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia; Independent Pain is a subjective experience, and no objective tests exist to measure it Consultant in the Nursing Care of ( american Pain Society, 2009). Whenever possible, the existence and intensity patients with Pain, Los Angeles, of pain are measured by the Patient 's self-report, abiding by the clinical definition California; Connecticut Children's Medical Center and University of of pain which states, Pain is whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing Connecticut School of Medicine, whenever he/she says it does'' (McCaffery, 1968).}
human dignity, the first principle in the ‘‘Code of Ethics for Nurses’’ (American Nurses Association, 2001), directs nurses to provide and advocate for hu-
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