Outcomes of a nurse-initiated intravenous analgesic protocol for abdominal pain in an emergency department: A quasi-experimental study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-23

  Muntlin, Åsa ^a,b   Carlsson, Marianne ^a   Säfwenberg, Urban ^b,c   Gunningberg, Lena ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Analgesic; Emergency department; Intervention study; Nursing assessment; Range order

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; SWEDEN; TIME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650750123     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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