The Effect Of Use Of Raınstick And Kaleydoscope On Paın Anxıety Durıng Blood Draw

When the child, who was taken to Experimental Group 1, sat on the patient's chair, the sound of the rain stick was started to be played 1 minute before the blood draw. At that time, the nurse began to prepare the child for the blood draw. The tourniquet insertion procedure and the determination of the vein from which blood will be drawn from the antecubital region were performed by the nurse. Blood collection was taken from the antecubital region in one go by the same nurse by means of a vacuum blood collection tube, and blood flowed to the vacuum within 5 seconds, showing that the procedure was successful. This process took about 2-3 minutes and the children listened to the sound of rain sticks throughout the process.

The child, who was taken into Experimental Group 2, was started to watch the kaleidoscope 1 minute before the blood draw, as he sat on the patient's chair. At that time, the nurse began to prepare the child for the blood draw. The tourniquet insertion procedure and the determination of the vein from which blood will be drawn from the antecubital region were performed by the nurse. Blood collection was taken from the antecubital region in one go by the same nurse by means of a vacuum blood collection tube, and blood flow to the vacuum within 5 seconds showed that the procedure was successful. This process took about 2-3 minutes and children were watched with kaleidoscope throughout the process.