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Table 2 Overview of codes, categories and a theme developed from the content analysis of pain assessment the Thai nurses in surgical wards

From: Thai Nurses’ experiences of post-operative pain assessment and its’ influence on pain management decisions

Theme

Patient evidence assessment in clinical practice

Category

Double/triple check system

Communication via records and protocols

Using skills and experiences

Codes

- Using verbal scales to assess pain

- Prescriptions based on patients’ expressions

- Variations in pain assessment skills

- Judging patients’ pain based on appearance and mobility

- Incompatibility of patients’ expressions and nurses’ documentation

- Differences in interpretation of patients in pain

- Consulting patients’ documentation