Time to analgesia and pain score documentation best practice standards for the Emergency Department - A literature review

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 26-36

  Hatherley, Claire ^a,b   Jennings, Natasha ^b   Cross, Rachel ^b,c  

^a CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Emergency service, hospital; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACUTE PAIN; ANALGESIA; DOCUMENTATION; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ACUTE PAIN; ANALGESICS; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84958108912     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2015.11.001     Document Type: Review

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