Abstract Objective To describe the perceptions of companions regarding Patient and Family-Centered Care, and to analyze their association with sociodemographic variables and hospitalization locations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods This analytical, cross-sectional study was conducted in the neonatal and pediatric units of a public hospital between May and October 2021. Data were collected over a period of 30 days in four units, using the Brazilian version of the Family-Centered Care Perception Instrument for Parents. Results Ninety-four companions participated. The perception […]

Abstract Objective To know the perceptions of Nursing students in relation to intergenerational relationships in pediatrics. Methods Qualitative study. Data were collected from a sample of 32 students from the third and fourth years of graduation in Nursing, through questionnaires and interviews. Data were analyzed in light of Symbolic Interactionism by qualitative content analysis. Results It was possible to list three categories: describing and attributing meaning to grandparents, experiencing experiences of being cared for by grandparents and reflecting on the […]

Abstract Objective Understand the perceptions of storytelling from the perspective of hospitalized children. Methods After a brief storytelling, 12 children admitted to a university hospital in the city of São Paulo were interviewed and their testimonies were treated by Bardin’s content analysis method. Project approved by the Research Ethics Committee and authorized by the hospital service management entity. Results Two thematic categories were created “previous storytelling experiences” and “hospital storytelling experience”. In the first category, all children reported previous experiences […]

Abstract The aim of the study was analyse the reactions presented by children undergoing peripheral venous puncture, with and without the use of Therapeutic Play. The quantitative study was made with twelve preschool children from November 2009 to February 2010 in a pediatric clinic of a public hospital in Bahia. A form was applied before, during and after the venipuncture. The data showed significant changes when comparing the results before and after therapeutic play session. Before the session 67% of […]

Abstract This is a descriptive qualitative approach research based on the Symbolic Interactionism and in the theoretical concept of Michel Maffesoli, which the objective is to understand the meanings of a nursing team in a pediatric internation unit and his daily. It was used as a strategy for data collection two workshops with eleven members of the nursing team and the Convergent Care Research was used for the data analysis. The results show an ambiguity of feelings of the team […]

Abstract The objective of this study was to understand the experience of undergraduate nursing students who used the toy in the care of hospitalized children. It is a phenomenological study, supported by the theoretical and methodological Martin Heidegger, with 10 students who performed activities at the Hospital of Universidade Estadual de Campinas – UNICAMP. The interviews were recorded from the following question: “Tell me how it was for you to use the toy in the care of hospitalized children.” The […]

Abstract Hospitalization of children is a situation that can trigger reactions like fear, stress, regression and insecurity, causing great suffering to children and their families. To help in to her cope and face this hostile situation, the toy / play has been a useful and beneficial resource. The study presents an experience report on the establishment and implementation of a itinerant Toy library in the pediatric ward of a hospital in the interior of São Paulo. This practice was characterized […]