Pain Management Nursing
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 166-170.e4 , December 2008

Development of the Samuels Scale to Rate Pain Management Documentation

  • Joanne G. Samuels, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Joanne G. Samuels, Hewitt Hall Rm. 253, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824
    • ,
  • Susan Fetzer, PhD, MBA, RN

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2008.06.004

Pain Management Nursing
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