RNAO BPG - Pain: Prevention, assessment and management (Fourth Ed.)
This Best Practice Guideline (BPG) Pain: Prevention, assessment and management (Fourth Ed.), replaces the RNAO BPG Assessment and Management of Pain, Third Edition.
The purpose of this fourth edition guideline is to provide nurses and the interprofessional team with evidence-based guidance for the prevention, assessment and management of all types of pain across the lifespan. This BPG recognizes that people at risk of or experiencing any type of pain across the lifespan and their families are experts in their health and decision-making; collaboration among the interprofessional team, the person receiving care and their family (if applicable) is therefore essential to achieving improved health outcomes.
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. (2025). Pain: Prevention, assessment and management. (Fourth Ed.). Toronto, ON,
This work is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
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