Improving pain assessment in the NICU: A quality improvement project

Advances in Neonatal Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 144-153

  Reavey, Daphne A ^a   Haney, Barbara M ^b   Atchison, Linda ^b   Anderson, Betsi ^c   Sandritter, Tracy ^c   Pallotto, Eugenia K ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Department of Neonatology ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

N PASS; Neonatal pain; Pain scores; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905914768     PISSN: 15360903     EISSN: 15360911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000034     Document Type: Article

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