Babies can feel pain. Learn about ways pain in newborns and babies can be assessed and techniques that can help ease pain.
Your goal is to work with your child's teacher to get the best education for your child. Your child has the right to attend school and if you feel they're not getting a "fair shake," get involved with the administration.
Morphine is a type of strong pain relief medicine called an opioid. This page is about the use of morphine for pain relief in children.
A child with a chronic condition eventually transitions back to school. Learn practical tips when advocating for your child at school.
Learn to differentiate between myth and truth concerning children's pain. There are many common misconceptions of pain that should be dispelled.
Discusses pain management for common childhood pain and injuries such as ear infections, colic, and injections.
Learn about pain relief medication and how to administer it, including patient controlled analgesia.
Find out how you can use comfortable positions and distractions with your child to ease pain from needle pokes.
Read about pain assessment in babies (from newborns to one year olds). Both behavioral reactions and physical reactions to pain are assessed.
Find out how to offer sucrose or breastfeeding to ease your child's pain from needle pokes.
Learn techniques to help distract your child from, and manage, their pain in the hospital and at home.
Learn about techniques for pain management and the treatment of pain.
Detailed information concerning how to advocate for your child as soon as she in back in school, and balancing treatment with education.
Learn about other types of pain, including recurrent, procedural, and palliative pain. Read about how they are treated. Lumbar punctures are discussed.
Find out how acute pain is identified and assessed, at home and in medical settings, in children not old enough to speak.
Learn about the causes, symptoms and treatment of tears in the lining of the anal canal.
Pain treatment involves a mix of psychological, physical and pharmacological (medication) strategies. Learn more about the 3Ps for acute pain.
Find out how to reduce the pain of needle pokes for your baby.
Find out how PCA and NCA help your child get relief from severe, short-term pain in the hospital.
Play gives babies the opportunity for social interaction and learning. Find examples of appropriate toys for hospitalized babies from birth to 12 months.
Learn about the process and goals of pain assessment to provide the information necessary to initiate optimal pain treatment strategies.
An overview of the components of a pain management plan for children.
Read about physical treatments for pain management. These treatments are aimed at treating pain and its underlying causes.
Learn about the benefits of using massage and TENS for effective pain management.
