Pain control in hospitalized postsurgical patients.
The purpose of this study was to describe the pain experience of 100 randomly selected postsurgical patients, identify discrepancies between physician, nurse, and patient reports of pain intensity, and characterize the documentation of patients' pain experiences within the hospital record.
Paice
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Mahon
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Faut-Callahan
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009737:Nursing Records; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires