Abstract
The 10-point pain scale was developed to avoid undertreated pain in the hospital setting. Developed in a Veterans Administration hospital for medical–surgical patients in 2003, the 10-point pain scale was adopted in health care as part of the “pain as the fifth vital sign” initiative. The pain scale was implemented in maternity care as part of a general hospital initiative. Assessing coping is more appropriate to the labor process than focusing on pain or its avoidance. The Farver–Campos Labor Coping Scale is evidence-based and promotes vaginal birth and personal labor care by guiding nurses and laboring women through a number of coping options. The scale is an appropriate tool to replace the 10-point pain scale in the maternity care setting.
Publisher
Springer Publishing Company
Subject
Maternity and Midwifery,Obstetrics and Gynecology,Pediatrics,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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