Improving pain assessment practices and outcomes in long-term care facilities: A mixed methods investigation

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 748-759

  Hadjistavropoulos, Thomas ^a   Kaasalainen, Sharon ^b   Williams, Jaime ^a   Zacharias, Ramesh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Village of Erin Meadows   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PAIN;

DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84919348600     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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