Observation of pain assessment and management - The complexities of clinical practice

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 724-733

  Manias, Elizabeth ^a,c   Botti, Mari ^b   Bucknall, Tracey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Observation; Pain assessment; Pain management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CUES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY NURSING CARE; VICTORIA; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036832550     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2002.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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