Pilot project: The chronic pain diary - Assessing chronic pain in the nursing home population

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 14-19

  Hager, Kathy K ^a   Brockopp, Dorothy ^b  

^a BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOCUMENTATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOME; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; NURSING RECORDS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT PROJECTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35848966108     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20070901-03     Document Type: Article

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