The Effect of Multisensory Stimulation on Baby's Pain and Mother's Anxiety During Heel Blood Collection

Before the procedure, the baby was started to be breastfed (1st stimulus). The mother supported her baby's back and bottom with one hand. He started to touch by positioning the thumb of the other hand to prevent the baby's nose from being blocked, and the other fingers of the same hand to touch the baby's face (2nd stimulus). The mother started to talk to her baby with a gentle tone of voice, sometimes using sentences (lullaby, song, etc.) that she wanted to increase the volume of her voice (3rd stimulus). The mother was in the baby's sight (4th stimulus). Clothes were removed as much as possible for the smell of the mother's skin (5th stimulus). The baby's foot in the mother's arms was warmed in the nurse's hand for a minute. The area was determined, and the baby's heel was wiped with 70% alcohol. It was expected to dry. Heel piercing was performed while the stimuli continued. Heel blood was taken. When the evaluation period is complete, the process is over.