title: Experienced nurses' use of non-pharmacological approaches comprise more than relief from pain.
abstract: This study investigated the use of, and reasoning by, experienced nurses regarding non-pharmacological pain approaches to care for children in hospitals, with the aim of increasing our understanding, and hence optimizing, these approaches. Three focus-group interviews with 14 experienced nurses, were conducted in 2009. Our findings emphasized the role of non-pharmacological methods in building and maintaining cooperation with the child and in caring for the child by individualizing the use of non-pharmacological methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Norway; Department of Women and Children, Oslo University Hospital, Norway. Electronic address: e.j.svendsen@medisin.uio.no.
authors.forename: Edel Jannecke
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Svendsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Ida Torunn
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Bjørk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002983:Clinical Competence; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing*; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Children; Non-pharmacological approaches; Nurses; Pain