The nurses of the neonatal unit facing the newborn with pain

This work is a quantitative research put into practice with nurses from a Neonatal Unit of a public maternity in the city of Maceió. It aims to verify the understanding of the nurses in relation to pain in newborn babies, identify how to react in the situation of a newborn with pain, and also to des...

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Main Authors: Raphaela Presbytero, Mércia Lisieux Vaz da Costa, Regina Célia Sales Santos
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2010-02-01
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4489
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Regina Célia Sales Santos
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description This work is a quantitative research put into practice with nurses from a Neonatal Unit of a public maternity in the city of Maceió. It aims to verify the understanding of the nurses in relation to pain in newborn babies, identify how to react in the situation of a newborn with pain, and also to describe how these professionals evaluated pain in the newborn. The data collection took place in February 2007 with 15 nurses. The data was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire. The analysis verifi ed that all nurses who participated in the survey affi rmed that the newborn babies were feeling pain, that that signal is evaluated by means of physiological and behavioral alterations; however, only 01 affi rmed to have used a multidimensional scale. When pain is observed the nurses use pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures. The present study allowed us to understand the phenomena of pain in newborn babies, so that the health professionals can promote actions in their care to alleviate the pain, with the guarantee of a better quality of life for the newborn babies.   
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spelling doaj-art-016de8d6f58d4bdfb804f1499f21b0792025-08-21T13:47:06ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832010-02-01111The nurses of the neonatal unit facing the newborn with painRaphaela PresbyteroMércia Lisieux Vaz da CostaRegina Célia Sales SantosThis work is a quantitative research put into practice with nurses from a Neonatal Unit of a public maternity in the city of Maceió. It aims to verify the understanding of the nurses in relation to pain in newborn babies, identify how to react in the situation of a newborn with pain, and also to describe how these professionals evaluated pain in the newborn. The data collection took place in February 2007 with 15 nurses. The data was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire. The analysis verifi ed that all nurses who participated in the survey affi rmed that the newborn babies were feeling pain, that that signal is evaluated by means of physiological and behavioral alterations; however, only 01 affi rmed to have used a multidimensional scale. When pain is observed the nurses use pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures. The present study allowed us to understand the phenomena of pain in newborn babies, so that the health professionals can promote actions in their care to alleviate the pain, with the guarantee of a better quality of life for the newborn babies.    https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4489Infantnewbornpainpediatric nursingintensive care unitsneonatal.
spellingShingle Raphaela Presbytero
Mércia Lisieux Vaz da Costa
Regina Célia Sales Santos
The nurses of the neonatal unit facing the newborn with pain
Rev Rene
Infant
newborn
pain
pediatric nursing
intensive care units
neonatal.
title The nurses of the neonatal unit facing the newborn with pain
title_full The nurses of the neonatal unit facing the newborn with pain
title_fullStr The nurses of the neonatal unit facing the newborn with pain
title_full_unstemmed The nurses of the neonatal unit facing the newborn with pain
title_short The nurses of the neonatal unit facing the newborn with pain
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topic Infant
newborn
pain
pediatric nursing
intensive care units
neonatal.
url https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4489
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