Educating nurses about pain management: The way forward

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 705-714

  Twycross, Alison ^a,b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational strategies; Knowledge deficits; Nurses; Pain management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STANDARD; TEACHING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; TEACHING;

EID: 0036830992     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2002.00677.x     Document Type: Review

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