Evaluation of Nurses' Self-Insight Into Their Pain Assessment and Treatment Decisions

Journal of Pain

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 454-461

  Hirsh, Adam T ^a,b   Jensen, Mark P ^a   Robinson, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

decision policies; disparities; Pain management; self awareness; virtual human technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CUES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOVEMENT; NURSES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77951622733     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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