Abstract
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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 367-372 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Medsurg nursing : official journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 5 |
State | Published - Oct 1995 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Medical–Surgical