Effect of the distraction technique which is done during peripheral venous cannulation in the children on reducing pain

This study is a randomized controlled experimental desing which was done to determine effect of the distraction technique watching cartoon on pain during peripheral venous access in the children aged 2-7. 61 children and parents (30 kontrol group, 31 study group) consisted the sample. Data was collected with identification data form, FLACC Pain Assessment Scale and Satisfaction with Nursing Care Scale. the data is evoluated with SPSS 19.0 programme and chi-square test, student t test, Mann Whitney U test, Paired Samples t test, Kruskall Wallis variance analysis and correlation analysis to examine relation between numeric variables are used in analysis. when point avareges taken by children from FLACC pain scale before prosedure and post-presedure was matched, post-prosedure in favour of the experimental group, statistically significant difference was found (p<0.05). During prosedure it was found that children in study group demontrated less reaction than children in control group (p=0.001). According to satisfaction scale results, satisfaction level of parents in study group was higher than parents in control group significantly (p=0.042). Between children age and FLACC scores, negatively and significant relationship was found. During peripheral venous cannulation, detected pain by children in study group who watched cartoon is less than control group. key words: child, venous access, pain, distraction