Giving Children a Voice: Children’s Perceptions of Pain and Pain Management within the Paediatric Emergency Department

Using the draw write and tell technique children’s experiences of pain in a hospital emergency department were explored. Transcripts from 15 children were analysed and two main themes identified; ‘My Pain’ and ‘Comfort and relief’. Findings highlighted the importance of fostering a sense of security...

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Main Author: Pope, Nicole
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70510
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description Using the draw write and tell technique children’s experiences of pain in a hospital emergency department were explored. Transcripts from 15 children were analysed and two main themes identified; ‘My Pain’ and ‘Comfort and relief’. Findings highlighted the importance of fostering a sense of security for children in pain and identified their capacity to contribute to managing their pain. Nurses need to pay attention to the psychosocial dimensions of pain and incorporate non-pharmacological strategies.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-705102018-10-25T06:55:30Z Giving Children a Voice: Children’s Perceptions of Pain and Pain Management within the Paediatric Emergency Department Pope, Nicole Using the draw write and tell technique children’s experiences of pain in a hospital emergency department were explored. Transcripts from 15 children were analysed and two main themes identified; ‘My Pain’ and ‘Comfort and relief’. Findings highlighted the importance of fostering a sense of security for children in pain and identified their capacity to contribute to managing their pain. Nurses need to pay attention to the psychosocial dimensions of pain and incorporate non-pharmacological strategies. 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70510 Curtin University fulltext
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Giving Children a Voice: Children’s Perceptions of Pain and Pain Management within the Paediatric Emergency Department
title Giving Children a Voice: Children’s Perceptions of Pain and Pain Management within the Paediatric Emergency Department
title_full Giving Children a Voice: Children’s Perceptions of Pain and Pain Management within the Paediatric Emergency Department
title_fullStr Giving Children a Voice: Children’s Perceptions of Pain and Pain Management within the Paediatric Emergency Department
title_full_unstemmed Giving Children a Voice: Children’s Perceptions of Pain and Pain Management within the Paediatric Emergency Department
title_short Giving Children a Voice: Children’s Perceptions of Pain and Pain Management within the Paediatric Emergency Department
title_sort giving children a voice: children’s perceptions of pain and pain management within the paediatric emergency department
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70510