Nurses' assessment of pain in surgical patients

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-132

  Sloman, Rod ^a   Rosen, Gila ^b   Rom, Miriam ^a   Shir, Yoram ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Nursing; Pain assessment; Pain management; Short form McGill Pain Questionnaire; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CULTURE; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 25844461278     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03573.x     Document Type: Article

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