Anestesisjuksköterskors erfarenheter av att söva barn.

Sammanfattning: Background: The majority of the children who undergo surgery experience severe anxiety prior to surgery. Preoperative anxiety should be avoided to reduce the psychological trauma. The nurse anesthetist should create a good contact and help the family cope with the frightening situation. There are both pharmacological and non-pharmacological ways to reduce anxiety. Aims: The purpose of the study is to describe the anesthetic nurses' experiences of anesthetizing children. Method: The study is based on interviews with twelve nurse anesthetists, operating at three of the sections on surgery center at one of Sweden's regional hospital. The interviews were based on semi-structured questions and analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Findings: Six categories emerged: parents, profession and compliance to different situations, the important meeting, premedication and external factors. Conclusion: An optimized premedication was highlighted as the most important factor for a successful anesthetic induction of children. If the child already had an intravenous line upon arrival at the surgical department it simplified the induction significantly. How well the parents handled the situation was also important for how the situation turned out.