Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 76-84 , June 2009

Postoperative Pain Management Discharge Teaching in a Rural Population

  • Mary Anne Hales Reynolds, RN, PhD, CS

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Mary Anne Hales, Idaho State University, 921 South 8th Ave, Stop 8101, Pocatello, Idaho 83209-8101

Received 19 March 2007 ,Revised 18 July 2008 ,Accepted 24 July 2008.

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 Supported by the American Society of Pain Management Nurses.

PII: S1524-9042(08)00128-8

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2008.07.003

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 76-84 , June 2009

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