Play is of great importance when it comes to meeting children, in order to be able to tactfully engage the children and give them support during the procedure. Play is incorporated into the procedure in order to make the preparations understandable for the child, which thus increases the chance of a successful outcome. For example, the children can look and feel the equipment. This involves trying it on a doll, teddy bear, parents, or staff. To support the children during the action and enable better processing afterwards, children can bring materials home to play with. Similarly such material can be helpful in preparing the children. Nurses state that distraction in terms of play is also a focal point when supporting children. This often helps to make the situation less threatening and helps the children to think of other things during the procedure: You want to play it down, so you're a bit of both, a clown and a nurse. Children who are worried and frightened need to be distracted when the procedure is performed. At such times it is important when there are two members of staff where one distracts and the other performs the NRMP. For the nurse who performs the action, it is important to be neutral: Don't go on and smile and think what fun this is. For the child, this isn't a funny situation. But then I don't need to look as though I'm strict or angry. The nurses believe that it is best for the children when distraction is not needed. If the NRMP is performed without distraction, the children gain more knowledge about the action until the next time.