Stipulations

1. Full credit shall be given on each reproduced copy of Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale in the following format and using the capitalized style of FACES in the title:
   From Hockenberry MJ, Wilson D, Winkelstein ML: Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, ed. 7, St. Louis, 2005, p. 1259. Used with permission. Copyright, Mosby.
2. No changes in, additions to, or deletions from the drawings shall be made without prior written approval of the author. The exception is the use of a different coding number for each face, such as 0 to 10, using the numbers 0,2,4,6,8,10 only. The following brief word Instructions under each facial expression must accompany the scale: FACE 0: no hurt; FACE 1: hurts little bit; FACE 2: hurts little more; FACE 3: hurts even more; FACE 4: hurts whole lot; FACE 5: hurts worst. All translations must use the words from the source in Stipulation 1. Some exceptions may be granted but must be approved. The inclusion of the original, detailed instructions is optional. (See sample below).
3. Permission shall apply only to the work specified in this correspondence. New application shall be made for subsequent editions or for other uses of the material.
4. A copy of the page with the intended use of the FACES must be attached to this signed form.

NOTE: Due to the hundreds of requests we receive for the FACES scale, we are able to respond only to those requests that comply with the above stipulations.