Advances in Neonatal Pain Nursing

Dear Colleagues,

This Nursing Reports Special Issue, "Advances in Neonatal Pain Nursing", invites original articles, systematic reviews, and protocols aimed at advancing nursing practice, education, management, and policy in the field of neonatal pain. Neonates, especially those admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), are frequently exposed to both acute and prolonged pain due to necessary medical interventions. Despite their vulnerability, pain in neonates remains underrecognized and undermanaged.

Nurses are central to assessing and managing neonatal pain. As the frontline caregivers, their role in implementing evidence-based interventions is crucial to reducing pain in the NICU and preventing long-term effects on neurodevelopment. With growing evidence supporting the importance of timely, appropriate pain management, this Special Issue seeks to highlight innovative nursing strategies that address the complexities of neonatal pain care.

This Special Issue welcomes manuscripts that address interventions for managing pain in neonates, long-term outcomes, family-integrated approaches to neonatal pain management, pain assessment tools, education and training programs for NICU nurses on neonatal pain, multidisciplinary collaboration in neonatal pain management, cultural and ethical considerations in neonatal pain care, quality improvement projects, and implementation projects.

We look forward to your valuable contributions to this important and evolving area of nursing science.

Dr. Gwenaelle De Clifford-Faugere
Prof. Dr. Marilyn Aita
Guest Editors

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