This document contains a nursing care plan for a client. The plan assesses the client's pain level, which they reported as a 6 out of 10 when moving. The objective findings were grimacing, grimacing, and shifting weight to avoid pain. The nursing diagnosis is acute pain from a surgical procedure. The short-term goal is for the client's pain to be a 4 or less by the end of the nurse's shift. The long-term goal is for pain to be managed at a level of 4 or less upon discharge. The nursing actions include assessing pain every 2 hours and teaching non-pharmacological pain management techniques. The rationale is that adjustments can be made to the pain treatment plan based on the client's