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Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 193-200 , December 2009

Registered nurses’ and midwives’ knowledge of epidural analgesia

  • Annette Bird, RN, BN, MN

      Affiliations

    • Acute Pain Service, Gold Coast Hospital, Queensland, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 0755 198378/0404 660547 (mobile); fax: +61 0755 198707.
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  • Marianne Wallis, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Griffith University and Gold Coast Health Service District, Queensland, Australia
    • ,
  • Wendy Chaboyer, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation (RCCCPI), Griffith University, Queensland, Australia

Received 30 October 2008 ,Revised 30 January 2009 ,Accepted 17 March 2009.

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