Nurses and midwives pain knowledge improves under the influence of an acute pain service

Acute Pain

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 47-51

  Barton, Julia ^a   Don, Michele ^b   Foureur, Maralyn ^b  

^a PO Box 7902 ^*  (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute pain service; Pain attitudes; Pain knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDWIFE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 4344683920     PISSN: 13660071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acpain.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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