Sensory and emotional experience that varies from pleasant to unpleasant, associated with labor and childbirth
Altered blood pressure
Altered heart rate
Altered muscle tension
Altered neuroendocrine functioning
Altered respiratory rate
Altered urinary functioning
Appetite change
Diaphoresis
Distraction behavior
Expressive behavior
Facial expression of pain
Narrow focus
Perineal pressure
Positioning to ease pain
Protective behavior
Pupil dilation
Reports altered sleep-wake cycle
Self-focused
Uterine contraction
Vomiting
Behavioral Factors
Insufficient fluid intake
Supine position
Cognitive Factors
Inadequate knowledge about childbirth
Inadequate preparation to deal with labor pain
Low self-efficacy
Perception of labor pain as nonproductive
Perception of labor pain as negative
Perception of labor pain as threatening
Perception of labor pain as unnatural
Perception of labor pain as meaningful
Social Factors
Interference in decision-making
Unsupportive companionship
Unmodified Environmental Factors
Noisy delivery room
Overcrowded delivery room
Turbulent environment
Women experiencing emergency situation during labor
Women from cultures with negative perspective of labor pain
Women giving birth in a disease-based healthcare system
Women whose mothers have a high level of education
Women with history of pre-pregnancy dysmenorrhea
Women with history of sexual abuse during childhood
Women without supportive companion
Cervical dilation
Depression
Fetal expulsion
High maternal trait anxiety
Prescribed mobility restriction
Prolonged duration of labor
AUTHOR'S NOTEThis nursing diagnosis Labor Pain would be more comprehensive if it was developed as a syndrome as Labor Experience Syndrome.
Labor Experience Syndrome could contain the following nursing diagnoses as:
The nursing interventions for this nursing diagnosis are specialty oriented. Refer to a Maternal-Child Health Nursing reference.