Is oral sucrose a safe and effective analgesic for premature neonatres? An intergratve literature review
| dc.contributor.author | Tiwana, Palvinder | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Marcellus, Lenora | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-06T23:37:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-02-06T23:37:54Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2013 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-02-06 | |
| dc.degree.department | School of Nursing | |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Nursing M.N. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Babies in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) endure many painful procedures on a daily basis including nasogastric tube and intravenous insertions, lumbar punctures, tape removals, and dressing changes. Although these babies experience painful procedures numerous times during their stay in the NICU, their pain is often undermanaged or it is not managed at all. There is mounting evidence suggesting that even a brief painful event in the early years of childhood can cause an altered response to pain lasting into teenage and adult years (Fitzgerald & Walker, 2009; Johnston, Fernandes & Campbell-Yeo, 2011; Hermann, Hohmeister, Demirakca, Zohsel & Herta, 2006). A joint statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Canadian Pediatric Society recommends using nonpharmacological methods, such as oral sucrose, to reduce neonatal pain from minor but painful procedures (CPS, 2007). Sucrose “is a naturally occurring sweetener with analgesic effects in young infants” (Taddio, Shah, Atenafu & Katz, 2009, p. 43). An integrative review of the literature, based on the Whittemore and Knafl (2005) framework, was conducted to examine the effectiveness and safety of oral sucrose in premature neonates for procedural pain management. Eleven quantitative studies were critiqued. Overall, the evidence indicated that sucrose is a safe and effective analgesic for premature neonates. However, more research is needed to further explore clinicians’ barriers to administering sucrose. | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Graduate | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/4471 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.rights.temp | Available to the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.subject | premature babies | en_US |
| dc.subject | oral sucrose | en_US |
| dc.subject | nursing | en_US |
| dc.title | Is oral sucrose a safe and effective analgesic for premature neonatres? An intergratve literature review | en_US |
| dc.type | project | en_US |