Nurse's Role
Conditions
Keywords
child, fear, pain, phlebotomy, distraction methods, atraumatic care
Brief summary
It is important for pediatric nurses to apply atraumatic care while providing care to children and their families. Pediatric nurses should use methods appropriate for the child's age and developmental period within the scope of atraumatic care.
Detailed description
The use of atraumatic care approaches such as supporting the active participation of the family in the care of the child, using therapeutic communication techniques with parents and children during procedures, providing emotional support, reducing pain during painful procedures, using techniques to distract the child's attention during medical procedures, informing parents about the procedures to be performed on their children, and supporting parents and teaching techniques to cope with stress is recommended to be used by the nurses.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALAtraumatic nursing care
Children in the intervention group were allowed to choose a distracting method (foam balloons, stress balls, musical books) to be occupied with during the procedure
Sponsors
Ondokuz Mayıs University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Intervention model description
Randomized controlled trial
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to 10 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* being able to speak Turkish * being between 5-10 years of age * having no visual, intellectual or neurological disabilities * having the phlebotomy procedure carried out with a single attempt * not having a disease that causes chronic pain * being accompanied by either mother or father during the procedure * not taking painkillers or sedating drugs before the phlebotomy procedure
Exclusion criteria
* being younger than 5 years or older than 10 years * having visual, audio, or speech impairments * having a disease that causes chronic pain * with a history of sedative and analgesic use within 24 h prior to admission * filling out the data collection forms incompletely
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Children's Fear Scale | baseline, pre-intervention and immediately after the intervention | Children's Fear Scale was to measure fear in children who would undergo painful medical procedures |
| Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale | immediately after the intervention | This scale is used for 3-18 age group children to describe their pain. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment of Parental Satisfaction-Visual Analog Scale | immediately after the intervention | Parent satisfaction scores were collected using a question about care satisfaction during the phlebotomy procedure from each child's parent. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed