Journal of pediatric nursing
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Multicenter Study
Factors Influencing Parental Participation in Neonatal Pain Alleviation.
Neonates are likely to experience numerous painful procedures in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Parents have expressed a wish to be more involved in their infants' pain alleviation. The purpose of this study was to describe parents' perceptions concerning the factors that influence parental participation in pain alleviation in an NICU. ⋯ Parents should be engaged as partners in caregiving and decision making, and they should be given space to assume the role of parents during their child's hospitalization.