Optimizing the role of the nurse practitioner to improve pain management in long-term care;l'optimisation du rôle de l'infirmière praticienne en matière d'amélioration de la gestion de la douleur en soins de longue durée

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 14-31

  Kaasalainen, Sharon ^a   DiCenso, Alba ^a   Donald, Faith C ^a,b   Staples, Eric ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Long term care; Nurse practitioners; Older adults; Pain management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONTARIO; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SELF EFFICACY; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 34547751266     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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