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Nurses evaluated lumbar puncture and catheter insertion as the procedures that caused more stress, anxiety, and pain in all age groups. ANOVA and <jats:italic>post-hoc<\/jats:italic> analyses indicate that nurses perceived adolescents as experiencing less stress than children in all the invasive procedures. Pediatric specialist nurses perceived a significantly higher total level of distress (an index that indicates stress, anxiety or pain in the whole group of procedures) compared to nurses with other specialties or generalist nurses, in all age groups. Non-pharmacological strategies were the most frequently used strategies used by nurses for minimizing distress in children, including distraction (51.2%), preparation (30.7%), and sensory techniques (14.6%). 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