Student nurses' ability to perform pain assessment

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 133-143

  Löfmark, Anna ^a,b   Gustavsson, Christina ^b   Wikblad, Karin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLEGE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; CURRICULUM; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION; SKILL; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0041853035     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-5953(02)00091-4     Document Type: Article

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