Reducing Neonatal Pain during Routine Heel Lance Procedures.

The article discusses the results of a randomized controlled trial that aims to measure the difference in pain scores for newborns who were held and swaddled during routine heel lance procedures and those lying on their backs. The Neonatal Inventory Pain Scale (NIPS) was used to measure pain in 42 neonates from a large tertiary hospital. It found that neonates who were helped experienced less pain.