Charged with improving pain documentation

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A nurse practitioner is working in a very large urban setting academic institution and is charged with improving pain documentation in the outpatient oncology department. Currently, only 60% of the patients are being assessed for pain within the electronic medical record. The goal is to increase the pain assessment among physicians, advanced practice providers, and nurses to about 85%. What would be the best way to improve pain assessment documentation? Audit the chart Award gift cards to local businesses Integrate pain assessment into documentation Put up flyers.

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