The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 9 , Pages 854-863 , September 2010

Pediatric Nurses' Cognitive Representations of Children's Pain

  • Catherine Van Hulle Vincent

      Affiliations

    • Department of Women, Children, and Family Health Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Catherine Vincent, Department of Women, Children, and Family Health Science, College of Nursing (MC 802), 845 South Damen Avenue, Room 854, Chicago, IL 60612-7350.
    • ,
  • Diana J. Wilkie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biobehavioral Health Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Laura Szalacha

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

Received 12 August 2009 ,Revised 16 November 2009 ,Accepted 2 December 2009.

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 Supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research (R03 NR009808).

PII: S1526-5900(09)00884-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.12.003

The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 9 , Pages 854-863 , September 2010

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