THE USE OF PAIN SCALE IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND ITS BENEFITS IN THE APPLICABILITY OF NURSING CARE

Introduction: Pain is a symptom that part of the premature newborns everyday in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit due to large number painful procedures which they are subjected during their stay. The nurse and nursing staff because professionals responsible for largest follow-up neonates stay, play an important role careful observation identification occurrence signs reflect presence pain. Objectives: To identify pain scales used hospitalized newborns; evaluate applicability benefits professionals. Methodology: It integrative review, was carried out search Virtual Health Library (BVS), December 2017, using keywords measurement, Newborn. Results: Results were obtained with publications accordance theme. By analyzing articles, identified newborn intensive care unit environment NIPS, NFCS, CRIES, PIPP, COMFORT others did not use scales. There predominance since five nine selected articles opted this scale. nurses scales, it necessary feel safe instrument its collection, really assessing systematically. act participating training updating makes applied properly uniformly correct Conclusion: suggested neonatal should be considered as 5th sign life, but has fundamental phenomenon through assessment providing comprehensive newborn.