Role of the nurse in the evaluation, assessment and intervention of the pain in children

Abstract

Introduction: The evaluation and the treatment of the pain is an essential part of the pediatric practice, that has been poorly treated due to in this stage of life the patient is unable to communicate clearly his painful experience and it is one of the more frequent health problems for the nursing staff in the different areas of work.
Objective: to describe the role of the nurse in the evaluation, assessment and intervention of the pain in children.
Development: Relief of pain and suffering is considered one of the principal rights of the patient, and one of the mail responsibilities of professional nursing practice. Each child is a historical, psychological and sociocultural whole, this makes every human being confers on it a word that helps describe the experience that identifies your pain or suffering and physical pain in one or more body parts describe it as an unpleasant feeling and, therefore, an emotional experience that changes your mood. The assessment and treatment of pain require nursing staff builds trust with the person experiencing pain.
Conclusions: Nursing care in pediatric patients with pain is aimed at avoiding pain and soothe it with adequate measures to painful stimulus intensity should be part of the objectives of quality of nursing care.

Keywords: Pain, pediatric age, nursing, care, intervention, evaluation, assessment.