A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WARM SALINE WATER APPLICATION ON PAIN RESPONSE DURING HEELPRICK AMONG NEWBORN AT NICU, GOVERNMENT RAJAJI HOSPITAL, MADURAI

Objectives:To assess the level of painresponse during heel prick among newborn.To evaluatetheeffectivenessofwarmsalinewaterapplicationonpainresponseduringheelprickamongnewborn.Toassociatethepainresponseduringheelprickamongnewborn at NICU, Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai with their baseline variables. Hypotheses: There isa statistically significant difference betweenthe post test levelof pain response during heel prick among newborn both in intervention and controlgroup.Thereisastatisticallysignificantassociationbetweenthelevelofpainresponse during heel prick among newborn at NICU with their baseline variables.Conceptual framework: Roys adaptation model. Methodology: True experimentalresearchdesignwasused,60samplesselectedby Simplerandomsamplingandintervention given 2 minutes before heel prick. Post test was assessed by NeonatalInfantPainScale.Results:Thestudyrevealedthattherewasasignificantreductionin level of pain response during heel prick (t=1.25, p=0.21) at 0.05 level. Conclusion:Statistical evidence shows that warm saline during heel prick was effective.