Descriptive, exploratory study of the role of nursing assistants in Australian residential aged care facilities: The example of pain management

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 70-74

  Holloway, Kristi ^a   McConigley, Ruth ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nursing assistants; Older people; Pain; Residential aged care facilities; Scope of practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 68049147550     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2009.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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