Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic and the use of facemasks have caused many communication challenges for pediatric nurses. The purpose of this study was to investigate these challenges and the strategies that nurses use to overcome them during the nursing care of sick children.
Design And Methods: This was a qualitative study using conventional content analysis.
Objectives: Despite credible evidence, optimal neonates' pain management in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a challenging issue. In this regard, the organisational context is an essential factor. The existing challenges vary depending on the context, and investigating them can help to improve the quality of care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Self-reporting is the gold standard for measuring pain in adult pain management; however, this issue is unique and different in children. Accurate pain assessment for the appropriate management of children's pain is important.
Purpose: This study was conducted to assess the pain level by the child, mother, and nurse during intravenous line insertion in preschool children, candidates for surgery in Tabriz Children's Hospital.
Background: Mothers' involvement in the pain management of infants admitted to the intensive care unit can alleviate the infants' pain. Despite International guidelines, maternal involvement in neonatal pain management is low. Hence, investigating the perspectives of care providers (CPs) on barriers to maternal participation can be helpful in developing practice guidelines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The aim of this study was to identify the effect of massage, EMLA cream, and the combination of these two methods on changes in physiological indices because of pain caused by intravenous line insertion in preschool children.
Design: A four-group randomized nonblinded clinical trial with factorial design.
Methods: In total, 140 eligible 3- to 6-year-old children entered the study in Tabriz Children's Hospital in 2017 and were randomly allocated to four groups (EMLA cream, massage, combination of the two, and control).
Aim: Health service providers are appreciated among the vital components in a society wherein nurses are also considered as the main human resources. Thus, examining the existing challenges in managing these human resources through taking correct measures can contribute to identifying the priorities and consequently influence the quality of services provided. This study aims to investigate the challenges of human resources management in nursing from the perspective of professionals in Iran.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Different studies have shown that the use of olfactory stimuli during painful medical procedures reduces infants' response to pain. The main purpose of the current study was to investigate the effect of breast milk odor and vanilla odor on premature infants' vital signs including heart rate and blood oxygen saturation during and after venipuncture.
Methods: A total of 135 preterm infants were randomly selected and divided into three groups of control, vanilla odor, and breast milk odor.
Objective: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the calming effects of breastmilk odor and vanilla odor on preterm infants during and after venipuncture.
Subjects And Methods: One hundred thirty-five preterm infants were randomly selected and divided into three groups: control, vanilla odor, and breastmilk odor. Infants in the breastmilk group were exposed to breastmilk odor, and infants in the vanilla group were exposed to vanilla odor from 5 minutes before the start of sampling until 30 seconds after sampling.