A study to evaluate the pain knowledge of two sub-populations of final year nursing students: Australia and Philippines

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-108

  Chiu, Lee Huang ^a   Trinca, Jane ^b   Lim, Lee Meng ^a   Tuazon, Josefina A ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Education; Nursing; Pain knowledge; Pain management; Pain mechanisms; Physiology; Survey; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PAIN; PHILIPPINES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0037264026     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02511.x     Document Type: Article

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