Research and Clinical Inquiry

(1004) Factors influencing nurses' practice of skin-to-skin contact as a pain management intervention in preterm infants

Poster Presenter(s)

Gwenaëlle De Clifford-Faugère, RN, M.Sc., Ph.D(c)

Ph.D. Candidate
Université de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Co-Author(s)

Geneviève Laporte, RN, B.Sc., Ph.D(c)

Ph.D Candidate
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Adèle Saives, RN, B.Sc.

Ph.D. Student
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Nancy Feeley, RN, PhD, FCAN

Full Professor
Ingram School of Nursing, McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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Sébastien Colson, RN, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Director of Nursing
Faculty of Medical and Paramedical Sciences, Aix-Marseille Université
Aix-Marseilles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Marilyn Aita, RN, PhD

Associate Professor
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Skin-to-skin contact is among the most effective non-pharmacological interventions to manage procedural pain in preterm infants. However, this practice is underused by neonatal nurses to manage pain. It appears essential to identify contextual and individual factors that influence the implementation of this practice in order to improve pain management in NICU.

Learning Objectives:

Identify contextual factors influencing skin-to-skin contact for pain management.
Identify individual factors influencing skin-to-skin contact for pain management.