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The NPRS is an 11-point scale from 0-10. â0â = no pain. â10â = the most intense pain imaginable. Patients verbally select a value that is most in line with the intensity of pain that they have experienced in the last 24 hours. A written form is also frequently used with the numeric values of 0 â 10 written out.
1 Perform a pain assessment for critically ill adults who are unable to self-report, using a validated behavioral pain scale, such as the Behavioral Pain Scale (BPS) or the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) . Vital signs are easily accessible in ICUs, and nurses consider them important in pain assessment. ( 2 A large Canadian survey reported that more than 70% of ICU nurses used vital signs to assess pain. 30) However, current evidence does not support the validity of vital signs to detect pain in critically ill adults.