10-month-old Eli gets a glob of topical lidocaine in anticipation of setting an intravenous line for hydrating fluids. Eli was mostly smiles at Health First’s Pediatric Emergency Department at Holmes ...

In pediatric settings, care bundles for needle procedures such as lidocaine administration and comfort positioning can significantly reduce pain. Needles don't have to hurt a child. In 2014, ...

New research shows that children's vaccination and needle fear can be lessened when nurses spend additional time supporting children in the vaccination process. Tears, tantrums, and distress -- when ...

Tears, tantrums, and distress – when it comes to needles, many children struggle with anxiety. But with vaccinations becoming more regular, finding ways to help reduce needle-related fear and pain is ...

Ziaria Dollar, a 16-year-old sickle-cell anemia patient, is accustomed to needle sticks, but even a veteran can lose it when it takes multiple tries to find a vein. Lying in bed in pain from a ...

A health care tool for an overlooked public health problemFear of needles is one of health care’s most common, and most ignored, barriers.

Tears, tantrums, and distress – when it comes to needles, many children struggle with anxiety. But with vaccinations becoming more regular, finding ways to help reduce needle-related fear and pain is ...

Kimberlee McGregor of Cocoa brought her son Eli, 10 months, into the Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) at Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center on a recent morning because he was congested ...