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Assessing the pain experience in children.

PubMedPublished 1 December 1977
Gildea Jh, Quirk Tr
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TL;DR

It is necessary for the nurse to understand the influential factors that affect the perceptions and expressions of children who have pain before she can intervene in a comfort-producing and health-promoting manner.

Abstract

A paucity of literature exists on the experience of children in pain: however, its study is most relevant to the pediatric nurse who must care for the child. It is necessary for the nurse to understand the influential factors that affect the perceptions and expressions of children who have pain before she can intervene in a comfort-producing and health-promoting manner.

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