Useful resources

RCN publications

• Royal College of Nursing publications site
  Click on "Publications A-Z" to see the full list of publications available online.

General information on child pain

• Management of pain in children sponsored by Nurofen
  On the Nurofen for Children website.
• Information on pain
  On the About Kids Health website of the Canadian Hospital for Sick Children.
• Helping Children Deal with Pain
  On the Action for Sick Children website.

Useful organisations

• Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists Pain Management guidelines (PDF)
  On the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland website. 
• British Pain Society website
• The Children's Pain Assessment Project
  On the UCL Institute of Child Health website.

Journal articles

• Bandolier
  Medical Journal on the Oxford University Medical Sciences website. The June 2009 edition is a special issue on pain.
• Chronic Pain Management in Children and Adolescents by Santhanam Suresh, MD
  Article from the Child's Doctor, the Journal of Children's Memorial Hospital Chicago on their website.

Pain assessment tools

• Wong Faces pain scale
  A method of measuring pain in young children.
• Paediatric Pain Profile
  Useful pain assessment tool for children with cognitive impairment.