Implementing and sustaining evidence-based practices in long-term care.

Pasero Opioid -Induced Sedation Scale (POSS) with Interventions

A validated and reliable sedation scale for assessing and reporting opioid induced sedation.

Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario. (2013). Appendix O of Assessment and Management of Pain Third Edition. Toronto, ON, Canada p.99

Used with permission from: Pain Assessment and Pharmacologic Management, by C. Pasero and M. McCaffery, 2011, St. Louis, MO: Mosby/Elsevier. Copyright (1994) by Chris Pasero