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Using of Distraction Methods on Procedural Pain Management of Pediatric Patients

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İstanbul Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Ebelik

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Karamanoğlu Mehmet Üniversitesi, Sağlık Yüksekokulu, Karaman

Arch Health Sci Res 2015; 2: 372-378
DOI: 10.17681/hsp.47420
Read: 4275 Downloads: 1305 Published: 18 December 2019

Medical procedures such as vaccine administration, phlebotomy and injections are the most important sources of pain for children. Pain causes children to be frightened of needles and this leads to be unwillingness to medical procedures, even can be neglected or delayed to treatment and care. Thus, the nurse should be able to manage painful procedures to reduce emotional and physical effects of painful procedures and to avoid long-term results of pain in children. There are many different approaches to the treatment of procedural pain and anxiety of children during medical procedures, including pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods. In recent year research focusing on nurses’ use of non-pharmacological methods for pain relief of children’s has increased. Present widely used non-pharmacological method for pain relief of children during painful medical procedures is distraction method. Distraction is a nursing attempt focusing patient’s attention to any other stimulants to control and reduce pain better. The rationale for the pain-reducing effects of distraction hypothesized that the brain has a limited capacity of focusing attention on stimulation. In this article frequently used ditraction method will be discussed.

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