Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 154-164 , September 2009

Comparsion of Selected Sedation Scales for Reporting Opioid-Induced Sedation Assessment

  • Allison Theresa Nisbet, MSN, CPN, AOCNS, RN-BC

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Allison Nisbet, MSN, RN-BC, Clinical Nurse Specialist, IFHC, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042
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  • Florence Mooney-Cotter, MSN, CNS-BC, RN-BC

Received 21 February 2009 ,Accepted 5 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2009.03.001

Pain Management Nursing
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