Pain in Neonates: Perceptions and Current Practices.

Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am

Faculty of Health, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; MOM-LINC Lab, IWK Health, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Published: June 2024

All newborns experience pain during routine care, which can have long-lasting negative effects. Despite the availability of effective methods to prevent and reduce pain, most infants will receive ineffective or no treatment. Optimal pain management includes the reduction of the number of procedures performed, routine pain assessment and the use of effective pain-reducing interventions, most notably breastfeeding, skin-to-skin contact and sweet-tasting solutions. Parents are an essential component of the comprehensive assessment and management of infant pain; however, a gap exists regarding the uptake of parent-led interventions and the engagement of families. Practice recommendations for infant pain care are discussed.

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