Comprehensive pain assessment mnemonic (OPQRSTUV): Appendix C
This tool demonstrates how the mnemonic OPQRSTUV, can be used to conduct a comprehensive pain assessment. Note that this assessment may not be the most appropriate tool for all presentations of pain.
Reference: Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. (2025). Appendix C of Pain: Prevention, assessment and management. (Fourth Ed.). Toronto, ON: Author. pp. 81.
Source: Adapted from: Fraser Health. Hospice palliative care program: symptom guidelines [Internet]. Surrey (BC): Fraser Health; 2019.
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