A dor no recém-nascido na unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal

• Autor(a) principal: Mendes, Lanuza Celes
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Fontenele, Fernanda Cavalcante, Dodt, Regina Cláudia Melo, Almeida, Livia Silva de, Cardoso, Maria Vera Lúcia Moreira Leitão, Silva, Cecilia Bezerra Gomes da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/8528
• topic: Recém-Nascido; Dor; Unidades de Terapia Intensiva

Objective: to identify the conducts performed by nursing technicians before the newborn with pain in a neonatal intensive care unit. Method: it is an exploratory and descriptive study conducted in a public maternity in Fortaleza/CE, Brazilian Northeast, with 25 nursing technicians. Semi-structured interview was the used instrument, and the data were processed, analyzed and discussed according to the literature. The research project was approved by the Ethics Research Committee, under the Protocol nº 74/11. Results: as an indication of pain, 20 (80%) interviewees mentioned observing the face of the newborn; 25 (100%) considered the punctures as painful procedures, highlighting the venipunctures. Regarding the prevention of pain in newborns, they reported non-nutritive suction, 18 (72%), and in the presence of pain, they mainly mentioned making contacts with nurses or physicians, 12 (48%). Conclusion: professionals have demonstrated to understand that newborns react to pain and there is a need for preventive and extenuating interventions towards these stressors on the part of the staff.