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Dr. Solodiuk received her BSN from Saint Anselm College, her MSN at the University of Rochester and a PhD from William F. Connell School of Nursing at Boston College. Dr. Solodiuk is a research associate in Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. In her role as manager of the Pain Treatment Service and chair of the Interdisciplinary Pain Committee, she has developed numerous policies and procedures regarding safety and efficacy of pain management practices that directly affect patient care throughout the institution. For more than 15 years, the Interdisciplinary Pain Committee, with Dr. Solodiuk’s leadership, has implemented evidence-based pain management practices. Dr. Solodiuk is a co-founder of the Pediatric Pain Conference that educates clinicians on new advances in pain management and advances science by connecting clinicians and scientists. She remains a faculty member of this conference, which is associated with Harvard Medical School, and draws participants from numerous local, regional and international institutions.

Dr. Solodiuk’s research focuses on children with global impairments of the central nervous system. This includes validation of the Individualized Numeric Rating Scale, a pain assessment tool for nonverbal children with intellectual disabilities; an analysis of parent-described pain behaviors; and the use of gabapentin in nonverbal children with intellectual disabilities. Another quality improvement study is the first comprehensive analysis of pain scores of hospitalized inpatients. From this research, populations with persistently high pain scores were identified, along with a description of their care needs.

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Meet Jean C. Solodiuk, RN, PhD

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  1. Development and Preliminary Testing of the Withdrawal Assessment Tool-Alpha 2 Agonist: An Assessment Instrument for Monitoring Iatrogenic Withdrawal Symptoms in Children Receiving an Alpha-2 Agonist. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2025 Jan 01; 26(1):e67-e76. View Abstract

  2. Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration Is Safe and Well-Tolerated in Children. Thyroid. 2025 Jan; 35(1):111-114. View Abstract

  3. The Risk of Kidney Injury in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Treated With Ketorolac for Acute Pain. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2024 07 01; 46(5):e290-e295. View Abstract

  4. Cold Therapy for Pain Control in Pediatric Appendectomy Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Jul; 59(7):1304-1308. View Abstract

  5. Ketamine use for management of vaso-occlusive pain in pediatric sickle cell disease. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 05; 70(5):e30254. View Abstract

  6. Patient Controlled Analgesia for Vaso-Occlusive Episodes in Children: A Retrospective Study. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2023 05; 65(5):e409-e415. View Abstract

  7. Standardizing Opioid Prescribing in a Pediatric Hospital: A Quality Improvement Effort. Hosp Pediatr. 2022 02 01; 12(2):164-173. View Abstract

  8. Weaning Dexmedetomidine in Non-ICU Areas: An Implementation Effort. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2022 05 01; 23(5):353-360. View Abstract

  9. Trends in Gabapentin and Pregabalin Prescribing in a Tertiary Pediatric Medical Center. Hosp Pediatr. 2021 08; 11(8):909-914. View Abstract

  10. A systematic review of ketamine for the management of vaso-occlusive pain in sickle cell disease. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 07; 68(7):e28989. View Abstract

  11. Leveraging Parent Pain Perspectives to Improve Pain Practices for Children with Medical Complexity. Pain Manag Nurs. 2021 04; 22(2):169-176. View Abstract

  12. The Use of Music by Adolescents and Young Adults With Sickle Cell Disease. Creat Nurs. 2020 Aug 01; 26(3):189-196. View Abstract

  13. Initial Validation of GRASP: A Differential Diagnoses Algorithm for Children With Medical Complexity and an Unknown Source of Pain. Hosp Pediatr. 2020 08; 10(8):633-640. View Abstract

  14. Preventing Childhood Addiction and Caring for the Child with Addictive Behaviors: Implications for Clinical Practice, Education, Policy, and Research. J Pediatr Nurs. 2019 Nov - Dec; 49:A7-A8. View Abstract

  15. Effect of a Sedation Weaning Protocol on Safety and Medication Use among Hospitalized Children Post Critical Illness. J Pediatr Nurs. 2019 Nov - Dec; 49:18-23. View Abstract

  16. Evaluation of Postnatal Sedation in Full-Term Infants. Brain Sci. 2019 May 17; 9(5). View Abstract

  17. Patient- and Nurse-Controlled Analgesia: 22-Year Experience in a Pediatric Hospital. Hosp Pediatr. 2019 02; 9(2):129-133. View Abstract

  18. CE: Original Research: Pain in Nonverbal Children with Medical Complexity: A Two-Year Retrospective Study. Am J Nurs. 2018 Aug; 118(8):28-37. View Abstract

  19. Nurse Practitioner-Administered Chloroprocaine in Children with Postoperative Pain. Pain Manag Nurs. 2018 08; 19(4):424-429. View Abstract

  20. Opioid Use in Children and Adolescents After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair. J Healthc Qual. 2018 Mar/Apr; 40(2):97-102. View Abstract

  21. In Defense of Routine Inpatient Pain Assessment. Am J Nurs. 2017 May; 117(5):11. View Abstract

  22. Publicly available online educational videos regarding pediatric needle pain: a scoping review. Clin J Pain. 2015 Jun; 31(6):591-8. View Abstract

  23. Gabapentin for management of recurrent pain in 22 nonverbal children with severe neurological impairment: a retrospective analysis. J Palliat Med. 2015 May; 18(5):453-6. View Abstract

  24. Documented electronic medical record-based pain intensity scores at a tertiary pediatric medical center: a cohort analysis. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Nov; 48(5):924-33. View Abstract

  25. A single institution's effort to translate codeine knowledge into specific clinical practice. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Jul; 48(1):119-26. View Abstract

  26. Parent described pain responses in nonverbal children with intellectual disability. Int J Nurs Stud. 2013 Aug; 50(8):1033-44. View Abstract

  27. Balancing ethics and science in pediatric pain intervention trials. Pain. 2012 May; 153(5):939-940. View Abstract

  28. Incidence of epidural catheter-associated infections after continuous epidural analgesia in children. Anesthesiology. 2010 Jul; 113(1):224-32. View Abstract

  29. Validation of the Individualized Numeric Rating Scale (INRS): a pain assessment tool for nonverbal children with intellectual disability. Pain. 2010 Aug; 150(2):231-236. View Abstract

  30. A randomized controlled trial to evaluate S-Caine patch for reducing pain associated with vascular access in children. Anesthesiology. 2005 Feb; 102(2):403-8. View Abstract

  31. Pain assessment in nonverbal children with severe cognitive impairments: the Individualized Numeric Rating Scale (INRS). J Pediatr Nurs. 2003 Aug; 18(4):295-9. View Abstract
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