Date of Graduation
12-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Department
Nursing
Advisor/Mentor
Agana, Carol
Committee Member/Reader
Franks, Lisa
Abstract
Neonatal pain assessment and management is a field requiring much more research. This literature review outlines the current climate of neonatal pain assessment, compares a variety of neonatal pain scales on validity and clinical utility, and implications for how neonatal pain management can be improved. Neonates experience pain to the same degree, if not more, than everyone else. Unmanaged pain during the neonatal period leads to adverse health outcomes. In order to prevent these atrocities from this vulnerable population, NICU pain assessing needs to become the standard of care.
Keywords
Neonate, Pain Scale, NIPS, NICU, Pain Assessment, Pain management
Citation
Bishop, B. (2020). An Extensive Literature Review on Neonatal Pain Assessment & Management. The Eleanor Mann School of Nursing Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/nursuht/128
Included in
Critical Care Nursing Commons, Maternal, Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Commons, Pediatric Nursing Commons