Applied Nursing Research
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 89-94 , May 2012

Abstracting pain management documentation from the electronic medical record: comparison of three hospitals

  • Joanne G. Samuels, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Author Note: Joanne G. Samuels, Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, University of New Hampshire.

Received 12 January 2010 ,Revised 5 May 2010 ,Accepted 9 May 2010.

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☆ There were no outside sponsors for this work.

PII: S0897-1897(10)00037-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2010.05.001

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 89-94 , May 2012

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