Pain: A quality of care issue during patients' admission to hospital

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1391-1403

  Carr, Eloise C J ^a   Meredith, Paul ^b   Chumbley, Gillian ^c   Killen, Roger ^d   Prytherch, David R ^b,e   Smith, Gary B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Learning Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^f BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Epidemiology and detection; Nursing; Pain; Pain assessment; Patient safety; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898926916     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12301     Document Type: Article

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