Pain Management Nursing
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 115-125 , June 2010

Nurses’ Evaluations of the Feasibility and the Clinical Utility of the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool

  • Céline Gélinas, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Céline Gélinas, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, McGill University, 3506, University Street, Wilson Hall, Room 420, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2A7 Canada.

Received 14 January 2009 ,Revised 1 May 2009 ,Accepted 18 May 2009.

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 Supported by a Research Development Grant from the Jewish General Hospital Foundation.

PII: S1524-9042(09)00053-8

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2009.05.002

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 115-125 , June 2010

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