Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS)

Purpose: To use the Neonatal Infant Pain Score (NIPS) to evaluate pain in the preterm and full-term neonate.

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Evaluation

Are you evaluating a neonate for pain-associated behavior?

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Cry

Breathing pattern

Arms

Legs

State of arousal

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Neonatal infant pain scale

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Criteria For Diagnosis
- Pain Observation Scale for Young Children (POCIS)
- Objective Pain Scale (OPS) for Postoperative Pain Assessment
Severity, Prognosis, Stage

Monitoring

Complication Detection
- Pain Observation Scale for Young Children (POCIS)
- Objective Pain Scale (OPS) for Postoperative Pain Assessment

Patient Concerns

Disability And Performance
- Pain Observation Scale for Young Children (POCIS)
- Objective Pain Scale (OPS) for Postoperative Pain Assessment

Specialty

Pedatrics

Objective

severity
prognosis
stage

ICD-10

R52 - Pain, not elsewhere classified

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Purpose: To use the Neonatal Infant Pain Score (NIPS) to evaluate pain in the preterm and full-term neonate.

Specialty: Pedatrics

Objective: severity, prognosis, stage

ICD-10: R52,

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