Changing the relationship among nurses' knowledge, self-reported behavior, and documented behavior in pain management: Does education make a difference?

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 308-319

  Dalton, Jo Ann ^a   Blau, William ^b   Carlson, John ^a   Mann, J Douglas ^b   Bernard, Stephen ^b   Toomey, Timothy ^b   Pierce, Susan ^a   Germino, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer pain management; documentation; nurse knowledge; professional education; rural practice

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; METHADONE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER PAIN; HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SELF REPORT; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030296502     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(96)00183-2     Document Type: Article

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