PAIN MANAGEMENT NURSING, cilt.16, sa.1, ss.11-19, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)
This research was planned as a two-level definitive and comparative
study to evaluate pain during endotracheal suction (ETS) in pediatric
intensive care units (PICUs). This study was comprised of patients
admitted to and the nurses working in the PICU. Cases were selected
among PICU patients (N . 65) who met the study criteria and nurses (N
. 18) who cared for them from January 1 to July 2, 2008. Routine ETS
was applied as the first level of the study. For the second level, an inquiry
on the knowledge of nurses about suction was given to the
nurses, and they were asked to apply suction according to the guidelines
they were given. All the obtained data were evaluated by statistical
package for the social sciences (SPSS) for Windows 14.0. In
summary, 33.8% (n . 22) of the patients were between ages 1 and 12
months, and 64.6% (n . 42) were boys. Although group 2 patients
(patient who is in experimental group) had higher scores on the
Wong-Baker faces pain rating and Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability
scales, no statistical difference was found between the two
groups (p> .05). Patients who received bolus doses of analgesia and
sedative drugs had lower Wong-Baker faces pain rating (4.38 ± 0.96;
n . 4) and Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability scores (4.61± 1.94;
n . 4) (p> .05). According to these findings, the patients were distressed
because of the pain related with suction. Therefore, it is recommended
that suction guidelines be used in PICUs during ETS.