The effect of hospital clown nurse on children's compliance to burn dressing change.

Background And Aim: Pediatric burn injury is a traumatic experience which affects the child both physically and psychologically. Following the burn injury, repetitive dressing changes are one of the main problems, and to manage the level of distress caused this procedure, various distraction strategies are being used. However, the effect of hospital clown during burn dressing change among children has not been studied before.