Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 321-332 , September 2004

Wound care pain in hospitalized adult patients

  • Nancy A. Stotts, RN, EdD (FAAN)

      Affiliations

    • University of California San Francisco, School of Nursing,aSan Francisco, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Nancy Stotts, RN, EdD, FAAN, UCSF, School of Nursing, 2 Koret Way 631, San Francisco, CA 94143-0610 USA
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  • Kathleen Puntillo, RN, DNSc (FAAN)

      Affiliations

    • University of California San Francisco, School of Nursing,aSan Francisco, California, USA
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  • Ann Bonham Morris, RN, MSN, CPNP

      Affiliations

    • University of California San Francisco, School of Nursing,aSan Francisco, California, USA
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  • Julie Stanik-Hutt, RN, PhD, ACNP

      Affiliations

    • University of California San Francisco, School of Nursing,aSan Francisco, California, USA
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  • Carol Lynn Thompson, PhD, CCRN, ACNP, CCNS

      Affiliations

    • University of California San Francisco, School of Nursing,aSan Francisco, California, USA
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  • Cheri White, RN, PhD, CCRN

      Affiliations

    • University of California San Francisco, School of Nursing,aSan Francisco, California, USA
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  • Lorie Reitman Wild, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of California San Francisco, School of Nursing,aSan Francisco, California, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2004.04.001

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 321-332 , September 2004

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