AFFECTIVE FORECASTING 351 time course of their emotions would be unknown. Wilson, Wheatley, Meyers, Gilbert, and Axsom (2000), for example, found that college sports fans overestimated how happy they would be the day after their favorite team won a football game.
Cardiorespiratory endurance is one of the most important components of physical fitness. Cardiorespiratory endurance is usually measured in terms of maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max) or peak VO2.
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.