By

Amiruddin, SS
Make questions to gain information about
health problem to fill the pain assessment form.
Language functions :
Asking about pain.

Language focus :
questions word- questions+ yes/ no-
questions.
Sharp : (adv, n, adj) rasa sakit nyeri
seperti tertusuk
Dull : (adj, v) tidak begitu sakit tapi
berlangsung terus (menjengkelkan)
mis: a dull ache/pain
Stabbing : (n,adj) rasa sakit yang kuat
seperti pukulan yang tiba datang.
Excruciating: (adj) rasa sakit yang hebat
Nagging : (adj) rasa sakit yang berlangsung
lama dan sulit disembuhkan
Troublesome: (adj) rasa yg mengganggu,
menyulitkan
Nauseating: (adj) memuakkan
Gruelling : (adj) sesuatu yg melelahkan
Numb : (v,adj) mati rasa
Miserable : (adj) rasa tidak mengenakkan
Agonizing : (adj) (pain) rasa sakit yg luar
biasa, menjengkelkan, menyulitkan
Gnawing : (adj) sakit seperti digigit-gigit
Draining : (adj) menjadikan lemas tak
berdaya
Cruel : (adj) cendrung menyebabkan
sakit
Dreadful : (adj) sakit menimbulkan
penderitaan
Vicious : (adj) (headache) sakit yg hebat,
menyerang tiba-tiba
Squeezing : (adj) rasa sakit yg menekan
Cramping : (adj) sakit yg hebat (biasanya
karena kontraksi otot tiba-tiba)
Horrible : (adj) rasa sakit yg berat, takut
utk menghadapinya
Torturing : (adj) sakit fisik/mental yg kuat
dirasakan
Unbearable: (adj) sakit yg amat sangat tak
tertahankan
Crushing : (adj) untuk menggambarkan
betapa sakitnya
Shooting : (adj) sakit yg menusuk seperti
peluru
Stabbing : (n,adj) sakit yg menusuk-
nusuk
Throbbing : (adj) sakit seperti pukulan yg
berulang-ulang
Hot,burning: (adj) sakit seperti kena api
Splitting : (adj) untuk menggambarkan
sakit kepala sepeerti mau pecah
Tiring, exhausting : (adj) rasa sakit yg
menghabiskan energi
Sickening : (adj) sakit yg membuat anda
merasa tidak sehat
A. Current pain medication
Questions:
- did you take (any medicine/anything) for it (your
pain)?
- How many do you take?
B. Where is the pain?
Instructions:
- show me where the pain is
- point at the pain you feel
C.Describe cause of pain, if known
Questions:
- do you know the cause of the pain is ?
- why do you feel that?
D.How does a pain feel to the patient
Questions:
- what is the pain like ?
- is it sharp, dull, stabbing, aching?
E. Intensity Of Pain (on scale of 0-5)
Questions:
- on a scale of 0 to 5, with five being the worst, how would you rate what
you feel right now?
NOTE : this is the McGill Pain Scale*), an assessment tool in which the nurse chooses the
number that best describes pain on a scale of zero to five:

0 : No pain
1 : Mild pain (annoying, nagging, pinching, tight pinching)
2 : Discomforting pain (troublesome, nauseating, pressing,
numb, grueling)
3 : Distressing pain (miserable, agonizing, gnawing, draining,
cruel)
4 : Horrible pain (intense, dreadful, cramping, squeezing, vicious)
5 : Excruciating pain (unbearable, torturing, crushing, tearing,
and killing)
1. Ask patient wheather the patient has taken
any self-medication
2. Ask patient how many he/she has taken for
self-medication
3. Ask patient if he/she gets better or worse
after medication
1. Sakitnya di sekitar dada saya
2. Sakitnya di sekitar perut sebelah kiri atas
menyebar (radiate) sampai keperut sebelah
kanan
3. Sakitnya di sekitar lambung, menjalar ke
punggung sebelah kiri
4. Saya merasa mau muntah, dan perut saya
perih
5. Saya merasa sesak nafas dan tenggorokan
terasa tersumbat
The end