Clinical management of pain in the newborn: perception of nurses from the neonatal intensive care unit

Costa, Karina Feital da; Alves, Valdecyr Herdy; Dames, Louise Jose Pereira; Rodrigues, Diego Pereira; Barbosa, Maria Teresa de Souza Rosa; Souza, Renata Rangel Birindiba de

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%T Clinical management of pain in the newborn: perception of nurses from the neonatal intensive care unit
%A Costa, Karina Feital da
%A Alves, Valdecyr Herdy
%A Dames, Louise Jose Pereira
%A Rodrigues, Diego Pereira
%A Barbosa, Maria Teresa de Souza Rosa
%A Souza, Renata Rangel Birindiba de
%J Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online
%N 1
%P 3758-3769
%V 8
%D 2016
%@ 2175-5361
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53868-2
%X Objective: analyzing the perceptions of nurses about the clinical pain in neonates in neonatal intensive care unit. Method: a descriptive, exploratory study, of a qualitative approach conducted with ten nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit of the University Hospital Antônio Pedro applying a semi-structured interview for data collection, and analyzed according to thematic content analysis method. Results: understanding the mechanism of neonatal pain, which does not depend upon complete formation of myelination; lack of verbalization of the newborn and this fact complicates the assessment of pain; however we must be sensitive to other physiological and behavioral signs, such as: facial mimicry, heart and respiratory rate, systolic blood pressure, oxygen saturation, palmar sweating and vagal tone. Conclusion: it is a practice to be rethought the use of protocols and scales for the evaluation of indicators of neonatal pain.
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%~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info