title: Therapeutic opportunities when using vapocoolants for cannulation in children.
abstract: How nurses make a difference and influence outcome has been the subject of much debate over many years and is perhaps more relevant now owing to healthcare funding being a scarce commodity. Nurses need justification and validation of what they do. Nursing therapeutics is a relatively new term that can help nurses and others to appreciate the multifariousness, complexity and value of what they do. It encapsulates the means by which a nurse delivers care that is both evidence based and beneficial to his or her patients. This article highlights how nurses can make use of common nursing interventions to ensure that the full impact of their skills is embedded in their care-using the administration of vapocoolants as the focus of the discussion. It will be illustrated that through each patient contact, a nurse can establish therapeutic principles that can positively influence health outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, School of nursing, midwifery and social work, University of Manchester.
authors.forename: Cliff
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.affiliation: Staff Nurse, Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ovens
mesh_terms: D000287:Administration, Topical; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017679:Cryotherapy; D005018:Ethyl Chloride / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077442:Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D018962:Phlebotomy / Q000379:methods*; D011318:Prilocaine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013748:Tetracaine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014732:Vibration / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D000077442:Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination; D011318:Prilocaine; D013748:Tetracaine; D005018:Ethyl Chloride; D008012:Lidocaine
keywords: Care; Compassion; Nurse–patient relationship; Paediatric nursing; Pain; Vapocoolants