Experiences of Iranian Nurses on the Facilitators of Pain Management in Children: A Qualitative Study

Table 2

The process of developing the “timely presence of medical team and parents” theme.

Meaning unit	Subcategory	Category	Main theme
“Procedures such as vein puncture can be better performed with the presence of a companion, so I call the security to ask for the child’s companion to calm down the child.”	Visits to boost child’s morale for pain	The presence of companions accelerates pain relief	Timely presence of medical team and parents
“Sometimes I do not interfere and let the mother do it, if the child is calm, he/she can easily accept non-pharmacologic interventions.”	Parents’ presence accelerates the nonpharmaceutical interventions
“If mother said my child is in pain, I immediately go the child’s bedside to see the severity of pain, when the pain is severe, I resort to medication.”	The continuous presence of nurses by patient accelerates pain relief	The presence of medical team accelerates pain relief
“Because this is a training hospital, doctors are always available for pain, and I call them immediately to relieve the pain.”	Ease of availability of physicians accelerates pain relief