Factors influencing nurses' use of nonpharmacological pain alleviation methods in paediatric patients

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 373-383

  Pölkki, Tarja ^a,c   Laukkala, Helena ^b   Vehviläinen Julkunen, Katri ^a   Pietilä, Anna Maija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Child; Nonpharmacological methods; Nursing; Pain alleviation; Surgical pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPETENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; FINLAND; HUMAN; NURSING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORK; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 28444493357     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0283-9318.2003.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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