Children with diabetes: The impact of fear of needles

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 589-592

  Rzeszut, Jennifer R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INSULIN; NEEDLES; NURSE'S ROLE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEDIATRIC NURSING;

EID: 82855161312     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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