Uso do brinquedo no hospital: o que os enfermeiros brasileirosestão estudando?

Abstract

Care for the emotional needs of hospitalized children has had the attention of nursing professionals in Brazil, although not as a general rule. The chance to play is known as a relief from suffering, especially in childhood, which justifies the importance of this theme. This study had the objective of analyzing Brazilian nurses' academic production on the use of toys during the attention to children in hospitals in strictu sensu Graduate programs. Data were taken from Portal CAPES, CEPEn, IBICT and papers' references. Of the 15 theses/dissertations found in the literature only 14 are available; they were analyzed and comprise the corpus of this study. It was found that toys have been used mostly in pre and postsurgery, by Nursing professors, with preschool and school age children, parents and nurses. All of the works reinforce the positive results of toys' use. We recommend to pediatric nurses the use of toys in all institutions where children need care. KEY WORDS

Therapeutic play in preparing for surgery: behavior of preschool children during the perioperative period

“…In recent years, research on TT have become more frequent (9) , especially those that address the child's experience on critical and invasive procedures, in various contexts, not just in the hospital, but also at other levels of health care (10)(11)(12) . The TT can be widely used by nurses as a best practice and regulated by the Federal Board of Nursing (13) .…”

“…The TT can be widely used by nurses as a best practice and regulated by the Federal Board of Nursing (13) . It is an important tool to better understand and diagnose child's needs, providing subsidies for professional nursing care plan (11) .…”

Compreendendo a sensibilização do enfermeiro para o uso do brinquedo terapêutico na prática assistencial à criança

“…Although studies appoint a trend for nurses to study and research on TP and professional entities recommend the inclusion of this theme in undergraduate nursing course curricula (13) , recent studies demonstrate that its use in care practice is still incipient (13)(14)(15)(16) , which is also observed in care experience. According to one of these studies, although 88% out of 25 nurses from pediatric units at a university hospital in São Paulo indicate that they know TP, only 13.63% use it sporadically in care practice (14) .…”

The Act of Playing Within the Hospital Context in the Vision of the Accompanying Persons of the Hospitalised Children

“…In the study about the use of toys in the hospital context in in the view of the Brazilian nurses, the authors point out that such resource not only helps the child in expressing feelings and releasing fears, stress and anxiety, but it also assists the nurse and the hospital care in aspects such as communication, performing procedures and humanising the environment 22 .…”