Where does it hurt? An interdisciplinary approach to improving the quality of pain assessment and management in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Abstract

Identifying a premature infant's response to noxious stimuli and knowing when it is appropriate to intervene are major issues for the caregiver. After completing a pilot study, the staff of a 42-bed neonatal intensive care unit targeted improved pain assessment and management for further analysis. Using a series of Plan, Do, Check, and Act cycles they designed a stepwise set of interventions that resulted in the improved assessment and management of the neonate in pain.

• Authors: J B Friedrichs, S Young, D Gallagher, C Keller, R E Kimura
• Journal: The Nursing clinics of North America (Nurs Clin North Am) Vol. 30 Issue 1 Pg. 143-59 (Mar 1995) ISSN: 0029-6465 [Print] United States
• PMID: 7885920 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)

Topics

• Academic Medical Centers
• Chicago
• Humans
• Infant, Newborn
• Infant, Premature
• Infant, Premature, Diseases (diagnosis, nursing, physiopathology)
• Intensive Care Units, Neonatal (organization & administration)
• Pain (diagnosis, nursing, physiopathology)
• Pain Measurement (standards)
• Patient Care Team
• Pediatric Nursing (standards)
• Total Quality Management (organization & administration)