Abstract The pandemic generated by the new coronavirus has had major impacts on the world, including education. The present study addresses aspects related to remote care during the pandemic in the Hospital Class of A.C. Camargo Cancer Center Hospital, which treats children and adolescents affected by cancer. The Hospital Class service was reinvented in 2020 and despite the pandemic, there was a significant increase in pedagogical assistance, due to the use of the online tool for remote education. It is […]

Abstract Objective To develop and validate the content of the Pediatric Alert Score to recognize clínical deterioration in hospitalized children. Methods Methodological study that involved an institutional committee formed by 07 health professionals, a committee of judges composed of 12 professionals from the areas of teaching, research, extension and/or child health care, and 20 children and adolescents aged 29 days to 15 years. There followed stages of conceptual and item adaptation, semantic and operational evaluation and pre-testing. Excel 16.0 was […]

Abstract Objective: To understand the perception of nurses regarding the use of Therapeutic Play (TP) in the pediatric units of a teaching hospital and to identify factors that interfere with its use. Method: A descriptive study, quantitative and qualitative, whose subjects were 20 nurses. The quantitative data analysis considered the absolute and relative frequency of the variables; qualitative data underwent qualitative content analysis. Results: Although nurses recognize the benefits of playing / TP and consider us necessary for the nursing […]

Abstract The purpose of the study was to characterize the importance of parental involvement during the children hospitalization, according to the health care literature, focusing on the influence of such participation in the promotion of autonomy and childhood development. Were selected 17 articles, ten foreigners and seven nationals, from 2005 to 2012. Content analysis explains the category “Parental involvement during hospitalization and the psychosocial development of the child” by three subcategories: Needs of children that require parental support; Methods used […]

Abstract Objective: Understanding the feelings of these mothers, in the daily of hospitalization of their children. Methods: Qualitative study, conducted with ten mothers in a reference hospital in the countryside of Ceará, in December of 2008 through semi-structured interview. Data were organized according to content analysis. Respecting the ethical aspects of research in humans. Results: It was evident especially feelings of sadness, pity, pain, fatigue, desire of being in place of the child and the courage to face this moment. […]

Abstract This is a descriptive quantitative research, whose objective was to characterize the relatives of children in a children’s inpatient unit at a hospital in the city of Taubaté-SP and known as the companion evaluates the care received by him during the child’s hospitalization. The project was approved by the Ethics in Research of the University of Taubaté, in the CEP / UNITAU Nº 026/08. The sample consisted of 77 attendants. Data were collected through a form with closed and […]

Abstract To reflect over the hospital class as a child’s right or the institution’s obligation one needs to emphasize its importance for the child’s development. One of the school child’s most remarkable characteristic is the industriousness sense acquired mainly through formal education. This is a period marked by intellectual growth and child’s first commitment with a social group. Studies carried out with children with chronic diseases have shown that sequence to curricular activities is what they missed the most after […]

Abstract It is about a qualitative research with the objective to catch how the nursing and family caring in the assistance to the hospitalized child is outlined. Its objective is to understand how it has been conducted in real practice the involving of the family in this caring dimension. The field research was held through a semi-structured interview with the nursing staff of a school hospital. The analysis of the empirical material was submitted to an ordering, classification and the […]

Abstract The aim of this job was the analysis of the scientific literature on nursing regarding the experience of brothers of sick and hospitalized children. Sixteen articles were accessed, most of them being North American studies. The analysis of the results enabled the identification of the following themes: “Feelings and behavior of brothers of sick children”, “The needs of the brothers of sick and hospitalized children”, “Coping strategies put forth by the brothers of sick and hospitalized children” and “Behavior […]