Strategies used by burns nurses to cope with the infliction of pain on patients

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1427-1433

  Nagy, Sue ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burns nurses; Coping; Pain infliction; Painful procedures

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE; NURSING; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BURNS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; PAIN; ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0033141616     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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