Most nurses used the numeric rating scale or the FPS-R to assess children’s pain:
Asked the child how she was and then what her pain score was on a scale of 1–10. (Case 5, Nurse 12) The nurse asked if she was feeling OK and then asked about her pain—the patient said she had a little bit of pain—like earlier. The nurse then asked the patient to put a number on it out of 10.Thepatientsaid4–5.(Case 7, Nurse 15