Education and training of pain nurse specialists in the United Kingdom

Acute Pain

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 207-213

  Williamson Swift, Amelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Nursing; Pain

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER; ARTICLE; CAREER; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING EDUCATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTERED NURSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 36349010644     PISSN: 13660071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acpain.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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