Pain during a home palliative visit
RN OSCE practice station
Pain management · 2 min to read · 8 min to perform
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Assess him, provide comfort and contact the palliative clinician as appropriate.
Elliot GrantThe pain is bad today.
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Elliot Grant, 73, has advanced cancer and receives community palliative care at home. His pain is worse today. Assess him, provide comfort and contact the palliative clinician as appropriate. His partner Ren is present.
What this station tests
- A change in swallowing may make an existing oral plan unusable.
- Opioid route changes require authorised prescribing and review.
- A willing family member is not automatically trained to administer injections.
Sources for the clinical content
- ACSQHC: End-of-life care
- ACSQHC: Medication Safety Standard
- palliAGED: Dysphagia practice tips for nurses
An original practice scenario with invented patients. Not an exam question.