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