Positioning clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners as change champions to implement a pain protocol in long-term care

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 78-88

  Kaasalainen, Sharon ^a   Ploeg, Jenny ^a   Donald, Faith ^b   Coker, Esther ^a,c   Brazil, Kevin ^d   Martin Misener, Ruth ^e   Dicenso, Alba ^a   Hadjistavropoulos, Thomas ^f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSE SPECIALIST; NURSING; NURSING HOME; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE SPECIALISTS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING HOMES; ONTARIO; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84925361537     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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