Play for hospitalized children: A qualitative enquiry of behaviour and motivation of nurses in a secondary level healthcare setting in Ghana.

Autor: Darko EK; Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives, Ghana; Tetteh Quashie Memorial Hospital-Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana., Senoo-Dogbey VE; Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra Ghana P. O. Box LG 25 Legon Accra, Ghana; Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) School of Public Service and Governance, Ghana. Electronic address: vesenoo-dogbey@ug.edu.gh., Ohene LA; Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra Ghana P. O. Box LG 25 Legon Accra, Ghana. Electronic address: lohene@ug.edu.gh.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of pediatric nursing [J Pediatr Nurs] 2024 Jul-Aug; Vol. 77, pp. e1-e7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 07.
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2024.02.027
Abstrakt: Background: The World Health Organization recommends that healthcare workers, specifically doctors and nurses, utilize play within treatment and care to promote recovery and overall well-being of hospitalized children. This recommendation has extended the roles of nurses in pediatric settings to include play in their routine care for children hospitalized for various childhood illnesses. Nurses need to draw on their skills to use play as an essential tool to aid communication, assessment, diagnosis, and care of the hospitalized child. This study explored the behaviour and motivation of Ghanaian nurses towards the utilization of play for hospitalized children.
Methods: Exploratory qualitative design was utilized and 12 registered nurses from the pediatric unit of a secondary-level health institution were selected purposively and interviewed using a semi-structured interview guide. Thematic analysis was done with two themes namely behaviour towards play and motivation to use play emerging with their corresponding sub-themes.
Finding: In the study setting, play has not been formalized or fully integrated into the routine care of the sick child. Nurses have a positive attitude and believe in the positive impact of play on the sick child. Participants utilize play as and when there is a need, and they derive satisfaction and fulfilment anytime they engage in play activities with their patients. Lack of administrative support and resources for play interventions affect their motivation to use play for the children.
Conclusion: Formalization of play and integration of play into the routine care of the sick child is needed to motivate nurses to engage hospitalized children in play activities to help them derive the full benefits that play offers to the sick and hospitalized child.
Implications to Practice: The positive attitudes and behaviour towards play as demonstrated in this study calls for Ghanaian nurses in general to be empowered through the formalization and integration of play into routine nursing care.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest or non-financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
(Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
Externí odkaz: