The pain of children with sickle cell disease: the nursing approach

• Main Authors: Lívia Maria Nunes Campelo (Author), Nayara Fernandes Oliveira (Author), Juliana Macêdo Magalhães (Author), Alcineide Mendes de Sousa Julião (Author), Fernanda Cláudia Miranda Amorim (Author), Magda Coeli Vitorino Sales Coelho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Objective: To describe how nurses identify the pain in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and to list the strategies used by them in the evaluation and control of pain. Method: This is a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research, performed through semi-structured interviews wit...