Pediatric Pain Management in the Emergency Department: The Triage Nurses' Perspective

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 407-413

  Thomas, Daina ^a   Kircher, Janeva ^a   Plint, Amy C ^b   Fitzpatrick, Eleanor ^c   Newton, Amanda S ^a   Rosychuk, Rhonda J ^a   Grewal, Simran ^d   Ali, Samina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Emergency department; Pain; Pediatrics; Protocol; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STAFF; PEDIATRIC NURSE; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES, PEDIATRIC; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TRIAGE;

EID: 84940895698     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2015.02.012     Document Type: Article

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