Postoperative pain: Strategy for improving patient experiences

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-185

  Mac Lellan, Kathleen ^a,b  

^a Natl Cncl Prof Devmt Nursing M ^*  (Ireland)

^b Unit 6/7 Manor Street Business Park   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Nurse knowledge; Pain scores; Postoperative pain; Surgical patients; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING;

EID: 2342423921     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2003.02977.x     Document Type: Article

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