Pain Management in Children – Nursing Perspective A Review Article on Pediatric Pain Management, Tamil Nadu, India

Mary Anbarasi Johnson1,*

Citation: Johnson MA. Pain Management in Children–Nursing Perspective–A Review Article on Pediatric Pain Management, Tamil Nadu, India. Medp Public Health Epidemiol. 2022; 1(1): mpphe–202207002.

Abstract

   Pain is subjective and is usually expressed by the caretakers in younger children. Pain response is unique for each child. Different pain assessment tools need to be used for different age group of children. Nurses need to be very sensitive in the assessment and management of pain. Nurses need to know and explain about pain they need to be able to discuss about the various tools used in the assessment of pain in different age group of children. They also need to be able to enumerate the signs and symptoms of pain in children.

Keywords: Opioids; Pethidine; Pain Ladder; FLACC Scale