Educational needs of health care providers working in long-term care facilities with regard to pain management

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 341-346

  Tousignant Laflamme, Yannick ^a,b   Tousignant, Michel ^a,c   Lussier, David ^d,e   Lebel, Paule ^f   Savoie, Maryse ^g   Lalonde, Lyne ^f,h   Choinier̀e, Manon ^f,i  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g Hôpital Ste Anne   (Canada)

^h Centre de Sante et de Services Sociaux de Laval   (Canada)

ⁱ CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuing education; Educational needs; Long term care facilities; Nursing homes; Older persons; Pain management

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CANADA; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEISURE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84867819821     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/506352     Document Type: Article

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