“…The literature reviewed for this study described various means of comforting children, for example being attuned to cues of distress and implementing comforting measures, such as listening, talking and touching, being kind, showing children respect, playing and developing a trusting relationship (Kolcaba 2003, Schmidt et al 2007, Cantrell and Matula 2009, Lu et al 2011, Reich 2012, Ångström-Brännström et al 2013, Carnevale and Gaudreault 2013, Ångström-Brännström and Norberg 2014.…”