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  • Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Systemic Thinking
  • Pain Management

Background:

  • Neonatal pain is a complex, multidimensional phenomenon.
  • Current care models may adopt reductionist approaches.
  • A systemic perspective is needed for comprehensive neonatal care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze neonatal pain through the lens of Fritjof Capra's systemic thinking.
  • To highlight the complex and multidimensional nature of pain in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
  • To explore how systemic characteristics guide multidisciplinary care for newborns.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative analysis of neonatal pain from a complexity perspective.
  • Drawing parallels between reductionist and systemic approaches to care.
  • Observing characteristics of the neonatal system for care guidance.

Main Results:

  • Systemic-complex thinking reveals pain as integral, multidisciplinary, and interconnected.
  • This framework enhances understanding of pain perception in NICU newborns and care teams.
  • It supports integrated, humanized care sensitive to infant and environmental particularities.

Conclusions:

  • Systemic-complex thinking is crucial for understanding neonatal pain multidimensionality.
  • Implications for neonatal nursing include continuous, contextualized pain assessment.
  • Competency development for integrated management and multidisciplinary coordination is essential.