Registered nurses' and student nurses' assessment of pain and distress related to specific patient and nurse characteristics

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 377-387

  Hall Lord, Marie Louise ^a   Larsson, Bodil Wilde ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assessment; Distress; Nurses; Pain; Personality factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING STUDENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; SWEDEN;

EID: 33745415999     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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