Influences on nurses' scoring of children's post-operative pain

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-115

  Simons, Joan ^a   Moseley, Laurence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Pain; Post operative care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349234219     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493509102468     Document Type: Review

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