Increasing staff nurse awareness of postoperative pain management in the NICU.

Full Abstract

Infants must have effective pain management in the postoperative period. A Level III NICU evaluated its current practice and identified barriers to effective pain management. Action was then taken to eliminate the identified barriers. This included developing a pain management team, testing and implementing an objective postoperative pain tool, employing a new flow sheet that incorporates the pain tool, offering multidisciplinary educational activities, and involving nurses in research. These actions have broken down the barrier to effective postoperative pain management and provided direction for a new standard of care.

Author information

Author/s: Bildner, J (J); Krechel, S W (SW);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Neonatal network : NN (Neonatal Netw), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1996-Feb; vol 15 (issue 1) : pp 11-6

Dates: Created 1996/09/05; Completed 1996/09/05; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 8700078, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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