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

Authors

  • Ana Carla de Oliveira Soares
  • Maria de Fátima Costa Caminha
  • Ana Cláudia Ferreira Pinheiro Coutinho
  • Claudiane Maria Urbano Ventura

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v21i2.42897

Keywords:

Pain Management, Infant, newborn, Nursing, team, Intensive care units, neonatal.

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of the nursing team in the 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, there was better performance for attitude, although this was not statistically significant. In knowledge and 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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Published

2016-06-24

How to Cite

Soares, A. C. de O., Caminha, M. de F. C., Coutinho, A. C. F. P., & Ventura, C. M. U. (2016). PAIN IN THE NEONATAL UNIT: THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF THE NURSING TEAM. Cogitare Enfermagem, 21(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v21i2.42897

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Research

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