Reading mediation as a communication resource for hospitalized children: support for the humanization of nursing care

Abstract

The Live Library in Hospitals Project is a strategy adopted by several health institutions for the purpose of providing hospitalized children and adolescents the reading mediation of infant-juvenile stories through professionals and volunteers capable of this function. This study aimed to find out to what extent the reading of stories strategy proposed by this project in hospitals can be a communication resource to use with hospitalized children. In order to do that, empirical data collection was carried out through the use of semi structured interviews with the reader and children above the age of seven years and observation of reading sections. The qualitative data analysis was doing it and it was verified that the reading mediation favors the dialogs and METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHThis is a descriptive and exploratory study, (9) and the answers to its inquiries were sought using the qualitative approach, due to the characteristics of the study object and the proposed objective. With the children, the effort was to find out about what kind of story they prefer, why they enjoy listening to stories, how they feel while listening to them, and what relations they establish between the story (imaginary world) and their life.Permission from the legal guardians of the children, usually parents, regarding their participation in the study was obtained after explaining about the study objective and the technique used for data collection and, upon their agreement, they were asked to sign the free and informed consent form. The same procedure was carried out with the reading mediators.To ensure the anonymity of the children participating in the study, their names were replaced with the letters A to N, followed by their age, and with the letters I (when it concerned the interview) or O (referring to observation). The mediators were identified by numbers from I to IX, also followed by I (for interview) or O (for observation).The empirical material produced from the interviews and the observation sessions was typed and organized in separate files, and an analysis was made of the stages determined by the thematic content analysis technique, i.e. pre-analysis, analysis

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“…The storytelling strategy is an important communication tool in pediatric nursing, as it facilitates dialogue and relationships, broadens the diagnostic and therapeutic process and values the development process of the child, relatives and the health team (13) .…”

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“…Especificamente a contação de histórias infantis facilita a interação da criança com os adultos. É reconhecida como estratégia de humanização, pois favorece a diminuição de tensão, ansiedade e proporciona alegria, confiança, momentos de humor e descontração [23][24][25] . Por ela ser recreativa, educativa, instrutiva e afetiva estimula a criatividade, cria hábitos, desperta emoções e valoriza sentimentos, favorecendo o desenvolvimento saudável ou processos de enfrentamento em situações de desorganização social ou doença 22,23,26,27 .…”