Neonatal nurses' perceptions of pain assessment and management in NICUs: A national survey

Advances in Neonatal Care

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 353-360

  Cong, Xiaomei ^a   Delaney, Colleen ^a   Vazquez, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonatal pain assessment; Nurses' perceptions; Pain management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892602245     PISSN: 15360903     EISSN: 15360911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0b013e31829d62e8     Document Type: Article

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