Journal of advanced nursing
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To develop and evaluate psychometric properties, that is reliability and validity, of an instrument to measure strategic and clinical quality indicators in postoperative pain management. ⋯ The results suggest initial support for the new instrument as a measure of strategic and clinical quality indicators in postoperative pain management, but it must be further refined, tested and evaluated.
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The aim of this phenomenological study was to find out what menopause was like as an experience for women who were not yet 40 years old. ⋯ This study revealed that the experience of menopause came as a shock for the women--it was perceived as a major epiphany in their lives and they were confronted with a multitude of issues related to the timing of the event and their embodied understanding of menopause. The experience of menopause resulted in multiple disruptions in the women's lives. The women discussed many aspects of their lives that now seemed to be 'out of synchrony'.