Outcomes of a nursing intervention to improve post-operative pain control at night

Acute Pain

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 22-31

  Closs, S José ^a   Gardiner, Eric ^b   Briggs, Michelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

communication; intervention; multiple regression; nursing; pain assessment; postoperative

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344390769     PISSN: 13660071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1366-0071(98)80025-9     Document Type: Article

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