Seeking empowerment to comfort patients in severe pain: A grounded theory study of the nurse's perspective
© 2014 Elsevier Ltd.Background: Hospital patients experience significant pain, which can delay healing and increase the risk of developing chronic pain. Nurses are affected by patients' ongoing pain and may cope with consequent anxiety and helplessness by distancing themselves from such patient...
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Elsevier Ltd
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53889 |