Objective:To analyze nurses' knowledge and practices regarding pain management of newborns admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Method: A descriptive and crosssectional study. Data were collected from 51 nurses based on an adapted questionnaire aimed at evaluating knowledge and practices regarding the management of neonatal pain in six hospitals in Curitiba and its Metropolitan Region. Results: For most nurses (86.0%), neonates feel pain. A total of 34.7% of the nurses reported never using pain assessment scales. Pain management was recorded by 84.3% of the nurses. Administered pharmacological measures were Paracetamol and Fentanyl (47.1%) and Morphine (17.6%); while non-pharmacological measures adopted were sweetened solution (68.6%), non-nutritive sucking (58.8%) and positioning (56.9%). Conclusion: Nurses considered neonatal pain a real event; however, they do not perform pain assessment or treatment of newborns in a systematized way. It is necessary to implement knowledge translation strategies in order to improve pain management in newborns.

Objective:to determine the frequency of pain, to verify the measures adopted for pain relief during the first seven days of hospitalization in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and to identify the type and frequency of invasive procedures to which newborns are submitted. Method:cross-sectional retrospective study. Out of the 188 hospitalizations occurred during the 12-month period, 171 were included in the study. The data were collected from the charts and the presence of pain was analyzed based on the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale and on nursing notes suggestions of pain. For statistical analysis, the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences was used, and the significance level was set at 5%. Results:there was at least one record of pain in 50.3% of the hospitalizations, according to the pain scale adopted or nursing note. The newborns underwent a mean of 6.6 invasive procedures per day. Only 32.5% of the pain records resulted in the adoption of pharmacological or non-pharmacological intervention for pain relief. Conclusion:newborns are frequently exposed to pain and the low frequency of pharmacological or non-pharmacological interventions reinforces the undertreatment of this condition.

This article highlights the importance of exploring evidence-based knowledge translation tools for improving neonatal care and outcomes.

Objective: To report a case of neonatal appendicitis in a children's hospital in southern Brazil, demonstrating the impact on neonatal survival. Method: Case study with data collection from medical records, approved by the Institution and Ethics Committee for Research with Human Beings. Results: The clinical picture is initially characterized by food intolerance, evolving to hypoactivity, alteration of vital signs and septicemia due to intestinal perforation. Management is exclusively surgical, since no case described in the literature was diagnosed preoperatively and the findings usually point to acute abdomen. Conclusion: A focused clinical surveillance should be established when the infant presents peritoneal irritation. Follow-up of the evolution and the worsening of the symptoms by nurses, as part of the care team in partnership with the medical team, enables an early surgical intervention, thereby avoiding complications such as septicemia and death. Descriptors: Appendicitis; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Nursing; Neonate; Survival. RESUMO Objetivo: Divulgar um caso de apendicite neonatal ocorrido em um hospital infantil do Sul do Brasil, evidenciando o impacto na sobrevida do neonato. Método: Estudo de caso com coleta de dados em prontuário, aprovado pela Instituição e pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa com Seres Humanos. Resultados: O quadro clínico é caracterizado inicialmente por intolerância alimentar, evoluindo para hipoatividade, alteração de sinais vitais e septicemia por perfuração intestinal. A conduta é exclusivamente cirúrgica, pois nenhum caso descrito na literatura foi diagnosticado no pré-operatório e os achados normalmente voltam-se para abdome agudo. Conclusão: Deve-se estabelecer uma vigilância clínica enfocada quando o recém-nascido apresenta quadro de irritação peritoneal. O acompanhamento da evolução e a piora dos sintomas pela enfermagem, como parte da equipe de cuidado e parceira da equipe médica, propicia intervenção cirúrgica precoce, evitando complicações como septicemia e óbito. Descritores: Apendicite; Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal; Enfermagem; Recém-Nascido; Sobrevida. RESUMEN Objetivo: Divulgar un caso de apendicitis neonatal ocurrido en un hospital infantil del Sur de Brasil, evidenciando el impacto en la sobrevida del neonato. Método: Estudio de caso con coleta de datos en prontuario, aprobado por la Institución y por El Comité de Ética en Pesquisa con Seres Humanos. Resultados: El cuadro clínico es caracterizado inicialmente por intolerancia alimentar, evolucionando para hipoactividad, alteración de señales vitales y septicemia por perforación intestinal. La conducta es exclusivamente quirúrgica, pues ningún caso descrito en la literatura fue diagnosticado en el preoperatorio y los allazgos normalmente se vuelven hacia el abdomen agudo. Conclusión: Se debe establecer una vigilancia clínica enfocada cuando el recién nacido presenta cuadro de irritación peritoneal. El acompañamiento de la evolución y la empeora de los síntomas por la enfermería, como parte del e...

RESUMO Objetivo: Descrever um caso de epidermólise bolhosa ocorrido em um hospital infantil do Sul do Brasil, evidenciando o cuidado de enfermagem ao recém-nascido diagnosticado com essa patologia. Método: Estudo de caso com coleta de dados em prontuário, aprovado pela Instituição e pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa com Seres Humanos. Resultados: Depois da confirmação diagnóstica, foi estabelecido um plano de cuidados específicos para o recém-nascido, que englobou desde as suas necessidades humanas básicas até o tratamento clínico da doença. Conclusão: O neonato recebeu alta hospitalar com tempo de internação menor que o esperado e com epitelização total das lesões, apesar da gravidade. A família participou ativamente do processo de cuidado, demonstrando aptidão para realizar os curativos em domicílio.

Objective: to identify evidence available in the literature on educational strategies used in the teaching of insulin therapy to children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes mellitus. Method: systematic review undertaken in five databases, using the descriptors Insulin/therapeutic use, Patient education as topic, Diabetes mellitus type 1, Child, Infant, Adolescent and keywords, without any time limit. Primary studies on insulin therapy teaching were included, while research on insulin pumps was excluded. Results: 243 studies were identified, 13 of which were included. The results present educational strategies focused on children, adolescents and young people of up to 24 years of age, applied individually or in groups; by telephone contact or text messages by mobile phone; dramatization and educational camps; by a single professional or a multidisciplinary team. The strategies described in the analyzed studies addressed the adjustment of insulin dosages in everyday situations and education for insulin management, associated with the nutritional strategy of carbohydrate counting, diabetes education with a specific module on insulin therapy and intensive insulin use. The studies analyzed the effect of the educational intervention on several clinical and behavioral outcomes, such as glycated hemoglobin and self-efficacy. Conclusion: this review could not identify a single educational strategy able to improve metabolic and psychosocial outcomes. In most cases, nurses are the professionals responsible for the development of educational strategies focused on insulin therapy in children and adolescents with diabetes, regardless of the context in which they will be deployed. This confirms their role as educators.

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Objectives: to assess layout quality, visual identity and content of the “Neonatal Pain Assessment Program” (Programa de Avaliação da Dor Neonatal) online course. Methods: a descriptive exploratory study. The course was assessed by 24 experts in pain, neonatology and education. A form containing 20 questions on technical, interface and educational aspects was used. For each item, the score ranged from 0 to 1. Mean scores above 0.7 were considered indicative of high quality of the items. Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis. Results: navigation, clarity, ease of localization, content relevance, contextualization, content correction, multiple windows, ease of use, ease of return, ergonomics, esthetics, special brands, audiovisual resources, information and portability were assessed. All aspects obtained a mean ≥ 0.70 and no changes were required. Conclusions: the Neonatal Pain Assessment Program is considered as quality educational technology and promising strategy for health education.