Pain Management Nursing
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 104-112 , September 2008

Pain Prevalence Study in a Large Canadian Teaching Hospital

  • Jason Sawyer, RN, ACNP

      Affiliations

    • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Jason Sawyer, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Acute Pain Service, Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Hospital, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada
    • ,
  • Lynn Haslam, RN, ACNP

      Affiliations

    • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Sara Robinson, RN, ACNP

      Affiliations

    • Holland Orthopaedic & Arthritic Centre, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Pat Daines, RN, MN, CHPCN(C)

      Affiliations

    • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Kalli Stilos, RN, MScN, CHPCN(C)

      Affiliations

    • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Canada

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