Nurses make jokes instead of making injection: Determination of 3-6 year old children’s views for hospital experiences

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Background and aims: It is important to determining of hospitilization from children’s perspectives. The aim of this study was to identify the toddler (3-6 years) children’s experiences during hospitalization. Methods: We collected data by using “Children’s Descriptive Characteristics Formâ€, “Children’s Semi-Structured Interview Form. Results: Half of children were conducted with study were scared of needle (intramuscular, port and immunization) and %22.2 percent of them were scared of being operated. In the study showed that %51.1 percent of children was cried and screamed, %8.8 percent of them wanted to lay on mothers’ chests and were hugged and %8.8 percent of them postulated to not get injected due to coping with painful experience. Conclusions: They wanted the nurses to treat them well and make the injection without hurting. Also they wanted to have playgrounds and their room to be colorful with colorful walls, play games and draw pictures in the hospital. Recommendations: This study suggests to health care professionals that being aware of information importance of family centered care and preparing children for painful procedures according to their developmental stage.


 


Keywords: Children’s experience, children’s perspective, hospitalization, pediatric nursing.


 

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Nurses make jokes instead of making injection: Determination of 3-6 year old children’s views for hospital experiences. (2017). International Journal of Emerging Trends in Health Sciences, 1(1), 01–06. Retrieved from https://un-pub.eu/ojs/index.php/ijeths/article/view/2771
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