Using pain-rating scales with older adults

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 40-47

  Flaherty, Ellen ^a  

^a New York Law Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PELVIC GIRDLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PELVIC BONES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 45849096897     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000324375.02027.9f     Document Type: Article

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