Pain and the administration of analgesia: What nurses say

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 180-189

  Nash, Robyn ^a   Yates, Patricia ^a   Edwards, Helen ^a   Fentiman, Belinda ^a   Dewar, Anne ^a   Mcdowell, Jan ^a   Clark, Roberta ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0033094352     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.1999.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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