An exploration of Singaporean parental experiences in managing school-aged children's postoperative pain: A descriptive qualitative approach

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 860-869

  Lim, Siew Hoon ^a   Mackey, Sandra ^b   Liam, Joanne Li Wee ^c   He, Hong Gu ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Children; Experience; Nurses; Nursing; Pain; Parents; Postoperative; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PARENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SINGAPORE; SURGERY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84857034455     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03911.x     Document Type: Article

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