Sjuksköterskans roll och upplevelser vid förberedelser av barn inför perifer venkateter sättning och blodprovstagning
En intervjustudie
The purpose of the study was to describe the nurse´s role and experiences aroundpreparation of children in front of peripheral venous catheter (PVC) placement andblood draw. The study used a descriptive design with qualitative approach and wasperformed on a pediatric clinic in Sweden. Semi-structured interviews were performedwith seven nurses of whom the first was a pilot interview, which was included in theresult. The recruitment of nurses was made by a purposeful sampling, maximumvariation sampling, with help of the quality coordinator of the pediatric clinic. Thecollected data was analyzed with the manifest qualitative content method. The analyzesresulted in the categories ?To adept the preparation according to the child and thesituation to breed a confident relation? and ?To give safety and be flexible atdifficulties?. In the result it emerged that all nurses prepared the childrenwith authentic material and information but adapted the preparation bythe children's age and cognitive development. But in spite the difficulties that canemerge the adaption will be expired as something positive. It is important that the nurseis flexible since every children and preparation situation is unique. If the nurse managesto earn the child?s faith the preparation will be fine and be a positive experience for boththe children and the nurse.