Non pharmacological pain management in pediatric nursing (1-10 year)
Rono, Julia (2021)
Rono, Julia
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202102031877
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202102031877
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Pain is recognized as a global health problem and its alleviation is considered a human right by the IASP and WHO. In the pediatric population, research indicates that pain is under-treated a situation that negatively affects normal child development and causes a deterioration in their quality of life. Non-pharmacological methods have been touted as effective and safe in pain management in this population. However, knowledge on the subject among nurses have been found to be wanting and their use in pain management has been minimal.
This study’s purpose was to explore and present the different non-pharmacological methods whose pain alleviation abilities in children (1-10 years) have been described in clinical care by nurses. This was with an aim of equipping pediatric nurses with up-to-date knowledge on the efficient non-pharmacological methods to tackle a variety of pain types in the pediatric population.
The study employed an exploratory systematic literature review which involved conducting a rigorous data search and selection procedure of publications retrieved from PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Elsevier and Google Scholar. This resulted in 36 publications which forms the core of this thesis. 11 non-pharmacological pain alleviation methods were identified.
The results of this study will provide recent literature on the available non-pharmacological pain alleviation methods in pre-school and school going children (1-10 years) whose efficacy has been determined in clinical settings.
This study’s purpose was to explore and present the different non-pharmacological methods whose pain alleviation abilities in children (1-10 years) have been described in clinical care by nurses. This was with an aim of equipping pediatric nurses with up-to-date knowledge on the efficient non-pharmacological methods to tackle a variety of pain types in the pediatric population.
The study employed an exploratory systematic literature review which involved conducting a rigorous data search and selection procedure of publications retrieved from PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Elsevier and Google Scholar. This resulted in 36 publications which forms the core of this thesis. 11 non-pharmacological pain alleviation methods were identified.
The results of this study will provide recent literature on the available non-pharmacological pain alleviation methods in pre-school and school going children (1-10 years) whose efficacy has been determined in clinical settings.