NURSING INTERVENTION TO MANAGE NEWBORN PAIN SECONDARY TO INTRAVENOUS OR SKIN PUNCTURE

Abstract

Background: In our country, nursing intervention in the newborn with pain and undergoing painful procedures have been poor/y studied. The objective of this study is to identify different nursing interventions such as technical, affective and indications for the mother in order to manage newborn pain secondary to intravenous or skin puncture in healthy newborns or in newborns with adaptation problems to extra-uterine life. Materia/ and Methods: Descriptive study including 2.400 nursing actions. A structured questionnaire was given to nurses to get to know their demographic characteristics. A comparative model was applied for puncture procedures, to assess nursing interventions before, during and after puncture, and the type of intervention (technica/, affective and indications for the mother). All the mother's and nurses' signed an informed consent Results: In 71.7% of punctures technical intervention were performed versus affective intervention (10.1%) and indications for the mother (6.796). 90% of the nurses had done some study related to newborn pain. The years of working experience (profesional life), age, maternity experience, did not increase the number of interventions applied to reduce newborn pain Conclusion: In general, most of the nurses applied technica/ interventions. This study raises the importance of education for nurses in the areas of affective indications and in interventions directed towards mothers to diminish newborn pain and increase communication with the family