Nurses' clinical decision-making regarding the management of pain

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 631-636

  Brockopp, D Y ^a   Downey, E ^b   Powers, P ^c   Vanderveer, B ^c   Warden, S ^a   Ryan, P ^a   Saleh, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b Hospice of the Bluegrass   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Pain management; Preconceived notions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; NURSING; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 3042762412     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2004.01.009     Document Type: Article

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