A Quasi-Experimental Study to Assess the Effect of Swaddling on the Management of Pain During Heel Prick among Neonates Admitted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at NMCH, Nellore

Abstract

Swaddling is a simple and quick nonpharmacologic method that can be utilized by nurses to decrease heel stick pain in neonates. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of swaddling on the management of pain during heel prick among neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at NMCH, Nellore. The data has been collected by the primary quantitative data collection method in this research. It has been found that neonates face moderate to severe pain at the time of heel prick. It can be concluded that there are noticeable constraints within the pain score at the time of heel prick along with swaddling.