Pain assessment with a child after a burn dressing
RN OSCE practice station
Pain management · 2 min to read · 8 min to perform
A written station. Free to try, no sign-up.
The task
Isla Clarke has a small dressed forearm burn and reports pain after treatment in ED. Her father is present. Use an age-appropriate pain assessment, provide comfort and arrange an authorised analgesia review. Record the plan; do not administer medicine. The patient is a manikin; address the patient and the examiner voices their answers and supplies findings. Dr Taylor Singh is reachable by phone. Adam Clarke is present.
What this station tests
- For a child who can self-report, let the child choose the pain rating.
- Review circulation and dressing tightness when limb pain changes.
- Reassess with the same tool and a practical comfort or function goal.
Sources for the clinical content
- ACSQHC: Comprehensive Care Standard
- ACSQHC: Opioid Analgesic Stewardship in Acute Pain Clinical Care Standard
- ACSQHC: Communicating for Safety Standard
An original practice scenario with invented patients. Not an exam question.