impact of hospitalization on child and family

Impact of Hospitalization on Child and Family

1. Infants

Emotional disturbance

Parental separation

Separation anxiety

Excessive crying

2. Toodler

Protest (crying, restless, irritated)

The child stay restless show excessive crying.

The child become quite and depressed 

Bed wetting

Thumb sucking

Denial/ detachment

Unable to maintain adjustment with environment

3. Preschooler

Stress

Depression

Separation anxiety

Nightmares

4. School going children

Fear

Anger

Anxiety

Depression

Stress for losing their peers and friends

5. Adolescence

Irritation and frustration due to rule and regulation of hospitals.

Emotional swings

Nursing Care of the child during Hospitalization

1. The nurse has to assess the condition of the child, has to maintain the IPR after the admission of the child.

2. The nurse should talk to the caregivers and encourage and enable to perform certain procedure.

3. The nurse should try to a minimize the separation anxiety wherever possible.

4 the nurse should the appropriate play therapy as per child age.

5. Room-in should be practiced for every child as to make them free from anxiety.

6. The nurse should clears the doughts of the patient

7. Encourage the child for the treatment and respect his independence and self esteem.

Nursing care involved in;

1. Care of infants

2. Care of toodler

3. Care of preschool children

4. Care of school children

5. Care of adolescents