Effects of a continuing education program on nurses' pain assessment practices

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 90-97

  Francke, Anneke L ^a,d   Luiken, J B ^a   De Schepper, A M E ^a   Huijer Abu Saad, H ^b   Grypdonck, M ^c  

^a HELEN DOWLING INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continuing education; nursing; pain assessment; training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NURSE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; TRAINING;

EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0030985066     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(96)00267-9     Document Type: Article

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