It is important for pediatric nurses to apply atraumatic care while providing care to children and their families. Pediatric nurses should use methods appropriate for the child's age and developmental period within the scope of atraumatic care.

The use of atraumatic care approaches such as supporting the active participation of the family in the care of the child, using therapeutic communication techniques with parents and children during procedures, providing emotional support, reducing pain during painful procedures, using techniques to distract the child's attention during medical procedures, informing parents about the procedures to be performed on their children, and supporting parents and teaching techniques to cope with stress is recommended to be used by the nurses.

Inclusion Criteria:

• being able to speak Turkish
• being between 5-10 years of age
• having no visual, intellectual or neurological disabilities
• having the phlebotomy procedure carried out with a single attempt
• not having a disease that causes chronic pain
• being accompanied by either mother or father during the procedure
• not taking painkillers or sedating drugs before the phlebotomy procedure

Exclusion Criteria:

• being younger than 5 years or older than 10 years
• having visual, audio, or speech impairments
• having a disease that causes chronic pain
• with a history of sedative and analgesic use within 24 h prior to admission
• filling out the data collection forms incompletely

There is not a plan to make IPD available.