Accessible yet not accessed? A literature review exploring factors which may prevent patients taking over the counter analgesia prior to attending Accident and Emergency

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 78-82

  Corbally, Melissa A ^a   Gallagher, Patrick ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Accident and Emergency; Nurses; Over the counter analgesia; Pain; Self medication

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF MEDICATION;

ANALGESICS; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SELF EFFICACY; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 33646091079     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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