Why is pain management suboptimal on surgical wards?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 728-737

  Schafheutle, Ellen Ingrid ^a   Cantrill, Judith A ^a   Noyce, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers; Drug rounds; Nurses; Nurses' perspective; Nursing; Organization; Pain; Pain management; Postoperative; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0035291447     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01714.x     Document Type: Article

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