Translation Research in Long-Term Care: Improving Pain Management in Nursing Homes

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL 1, 2004, Pages

  Jones, Katherine R ^a   Fink, Regina ^b   Vojir, Carol ^c   Pepper, Ginny ^d   Hutt, Evelyn ^c   Clark, Lauren ^c   Scott, Jill ^e   Martinez, Ruby ^c   Vincent, Deborah ^c   Mellis, B Karen ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Nursing homes; Pain; Quality improvement; Translation study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORADO; COMMUNICATION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 14944378548     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2004.04045.x     Document Type: Article

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