Clinical Handbook of Neonatal Pain Management for Nurses

State-of-the-art pain management specifically for neonatal nurses

The short- and long-term consequences of pain in neonates can be significant and debilitating, and, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Fetus and Newborn, should be a strong focus of prevention. This is the first clinical handbook written specifically for neonatal nurses to address pain management in the vulnerable neonatal population. It provides holistic information on all that is currently known about pain management within this burgeoning area of research, addressing techniques of pain assessment, pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic pain management techniques, and the family’s role in neonatal pain management.