Levels and predictors of knowledge and attitudes regarding pain among israeli baccalaureate nursing students and nurses pursuing specialty certification

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Greenberger, Chaya ^a   Reches, Hiba ^a   Riba, Shoshana ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Curricula; Knowledge; Nursing education; Pain care

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACCALAUREATE NURSING STUDENT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STUDENT ATTITUDE; STUDENT T TEST; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CERTIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NURSING; NURSING DISCIPLINE; NURSING STUDENT; STANDARD;

ADULT; CERTIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PAIN; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 33745905927     PISSN: 1548923X     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1221     Document Type: Review

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