Nurses' and Nursing Students' Knowledge and Attitudes regarding Pediatric Pain

• Main Authors: Mario I. Ortiz (Author), Héctor A. Ponce-Monter (Author), Eduardo Rangel-Flores (Author), Blanca Castro-Gamez (Author), Luis C. Romero-Quezada (Author), Jessica P. O'Brien (Author), Georgina Romo-Hernández (Author), Marco A. Escamilla-Acosta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Nursing staff spend more time with patients with pain than any other health staff member. For this reason, the nurse must possess the basic knowledge to identify the presence of pain in patients, to measure its intensity and make the steps necessary for treatment. Therefore, a prospective, descripti...