My jaw is on the floor. What kind of training did these nurses have? Back in the 80's we were taught that "Pain is whatever the Patient says it is, and it is our job to make them comfortable." This idea got me into trouble when I started working in an American clinic. A woman had been refused pain medication by her doctor. She was in a wheelchair, in the radiology department where I worked, wailing and telling me her woes. I flipped at the doctor. The next day I was reprimanded. (It was calmly but icily explained to me that some patients are drug-seeking, and that I should never EVER question or criticize the doctor in front of his patients. Ooops.)