Emergency nurses' knowledge of perceived barriers in pain management in Taiwan

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2088-2095

  Tsai, Feng Ching ^a,b   Tsai, Yun Fang ^b   Chien, Chih Cheng ^c   Lin, Chia Chin ^d  

^a Chang Gung Cultural and Health Promotion Village ^*  (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Barrier; Emergency nurse; Knowledge; Pain management; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSE; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMANS; NURSES; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 35148899214     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01646.x     Document Type: Article

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