Journal for specialists in pediatric nursing : JSPN
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J Spec Pediatr Nurs · Apr 2003
Confounding factors in infant pain assessment during recovery from anesthesia.
To investigate in what ways infant pain assessments differed between outpatient surgical recovery areas (OPSRA) and other clinical settings that included inpatient postsurgical recovery areas. ⋯ Recognizing infant pain in OPSRA is complex. Nurses working in OPSRA may need to assume leadership to address issues relating to accurate identification of infant pain and alleviating extraneous factors that may influence adequate treatment of pain.