Signs suggestive of pain during the venous puncture in preterm newborns
| Autor: | Luciano Marques dos Santos, Taisa Pereira Cruz Costa Silva, Rosana Castelo Branco de Santana, Khésia Kelly Cardoso Matos |
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| Jazyk: | portugalština |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2012) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2179-7692 21797692 |
| DOI: | 10.5902/217976923510 |
| Popis: | Objective: to identify the suggestive signs of pain in preterm newborns in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Bahia’s Countryside during venous puncture by applying the NIPS scale. Method: this is a descriptive and quantitative study that was made in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, with 29 newborns. Results: the average gestational age was 31.9 weeks and the average birth weight was 1,718 g. 93.1% of newborns were female. 69% of newborns suggested no signs of pain. The suggestive signs of pain were contracted face, crying, arms and legs flexed and changed breathing pattern. Conclusions: the care nursing should focus on the assessment and management of pain in the newborn |
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