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Purpose: Many painful procedures that cause pain and stress for the purpose of diagnosing and treating a baby in the newborn intensive care unit are applied. The purpose of this collection is to study non-pharmacological nursing practices based on evidence used in pain management in newborns. In this direction, the experimental randomized controlled, meta-analysis and systematic aggregation results were included. Method: The pain is focused on non-pharmacological methods as farmacological methods. The pharmacological methods used are indicated to have side effects such as respiratory depression, hypotension. Therefore, non-pharmacological methods are valuable alternatives for pain control in minor invasive processes applied to the newborn. The findings: In the management of pain behaviors in acute pain processes, there is significant evidence that different non-pharmacological methods can be used in premature and term newborns. Non-pharmacological methods used during painful processes, such as repeated bacterial blood intake, aspiration, in newborns have been found to be effective in reducing pain. These methods include: massage, kanguru care, listening to music, sukrosis, breastfeeding, swelling, prone position, breast milk / breastfeeding, touch-kicking, breastfeeding position, reducing environmental stimuli and individualized developmental care practices. The result: It is important to properly and timely identify the pain that newborns experience for effective pain management. Newborn nurses should prevent pain, evaluate pain, give more space to evidence-based practices, implement effective pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management strategies, and constantly evaluate the care plan. Keywords: pain, evidence, non-pharmacological nursing applications, newborn

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