Pain Management Nursing
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 201-208 , December 2010

Education Changes Mexican Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Pediatric Pain

  • Myra Martz Huth, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Center for Professional Excellence-Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Myra Martz Huth, PhD, RN, FAAN, Assistant Vice President, Center for Professional Excellence-Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue MLC 11016, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039.
    • ,
  • Theresa L. Gregg, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Pain Management, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • ,
  • Li Lin, MS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Professional Excellence-Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

Received 12 September 2008 ,Revised 29 July 2009 ,Accepted 12 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2009.11.001

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 201-208 , December 2010

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