PAIN IN THE NEONATAL UNIT: THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF THE NURSING TEAM

Cogitare Enfermagem

关键词: Pain Management;    Infant;    newborn;    Nursing;    team;    Intensive care units;    neonatal;   

DOI  :  http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v21i2.42897

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Thisstudyaimstoevaluatetheknowledge,attitudeandpracticeofthenursingteaminthe management of pain in the newborn, in terms of professional training. It is a transversal study, undertaken in the Neonatal Unit of a specialist hospital in Recife in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, with 105 professionals, between August and October 2014. Analysis was undertaken using the Stata 12.1 software, Student’s t-test was used and p<0.05 was considered. When the knowledge, attitude and practice of the nursing team was compared, therewasbetterperformanceforattitude,althoughthiswasnotstatisticallysignificant.Inknowledgeand practice, among those with higher education, the value was significant for those who had received training on pain management. For those educated to high school level only, all of the differences of means were significant (p<0.05). For all the professionals, attitude presented higher means. It is concluded that the professionals who work with the newborn must be continuously empowered and trained, such that theoretical knowledge may be reflected in the professional practice.

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