Application research of improved three-item nursing recording sheet on recording pain in trauma ward

Objective To investigate the effect of improved three-item nursing recording sheet on simplifying nursing record and pain management in trauma ward. Methods The patients involved two wards in our department were divided into control group and study group. Control group was adopted conventional nursing recording sheet to record pain information with words. In study group, the improved three - item nursing recording sheet added pain scoring column was used to record pain information through the curve form. The effect, satisfaction of pain control and nursing record costing time were compared between two groups. Results Satisfaction of patients in study group was better than control group ( P＜0.05 ) ; The effect of pain control in study group wassignificantly better than control group (P＜0.001 ) ; The time of nurse recording was reduced one-third. Conclusions The improved recording sheet can make doctors and nurses visually, dynamically know pain intensity and trends, make patients receive timely and effective treatment, promote patient satisfaction with pain control, save recording time. This method is suitable for the surgical department. Key words: Three-item nursing recording sheet;  Trauma;  Pain scoring;  Pain record