Needle Phobia: What it is, what it isn’t and how to help
Needle Phobia: What it is, what it isn’t and how to help Research has shown that one of the biggest fears children have about visiting their pediatrician is a fear of needles (Kortesluoma & Nikkonen, 2004). For chronically ill children who undergo frequent procedures such as intravenous infusions (IVs), blood draws or steroid injections, repeated…