Nurses' attitudes and perceptions of pain assessment in neonatal intensive care

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-55

  Pölkki, Tarja ^a   Korhonen, Anne ^b   Laukkala, Helena ^c   Saarela, Timo ^b   Vehviläinen Julkunen, Katri ^d   Pietilä, Anna Maija ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Infant; Neonatal intensive care; Nurses; Pain assessment; Perceptions; Premature; Questionnaire; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FINLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; NURSE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NEONATAL SCREENING; NURSES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 76549083490     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2008.00683.x     Document Type: Article

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