Journal of Neonatal Biology

Challenges faced by nurses in using pain assessment tools in hospitalized neonates in NICU

International Conference and Expo on NEONATOLOGY AND PERINATOLOGY

May 04-05, 2023 | Amsterdam, Netherlands

Azamolmolouk Elsagh

Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Neonatal Biol

Abstract:

Background: Pain assessment in neonates is still a major problem because they can’t verbalize their subjective experiences. Nurses’ knowledge of and attitude toward neonatal pain assessment affect how pain is assessed and managed in the clinical situation. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted using content analysis. Purposive sampling was used to select the participants and continued until data saturation. The participants included 15 staff nurses working in neonatal intensive care units. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews and analysis was done using an inductive approach. Results: Five categories and 12 sub-categories were extracted from the experiences of the nurses working in the Neonatal intensive care units in terms of nursing challenges in using pain assessment tools. The five categories included “high workload”, “organizational strategies”, “attitudinal barriers”, “lack of time” and “lack of knowledge”. Conclusion: The findings of our study could help hospital managers in developing continuous education and staff development training programs on assessing and managing pain for NICUs. Also, our findings could be used to develop an evidencebased standard pain management protocol tailored to effectively assess pain in neonatal Intensive care units.

Biography :

Azamolmolouk Elsagh is working as a faculty of Nursing in Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.