Preoperative counseling of child patients from the age of 6 to 9 : a counseling folder for surgical child patients
Järvenoja, Tiina; Förnäs, Christina; Karjalainen, Heli (2009)
Järvenoja, Tiina
Förnäs, Christina
Karjalainen, Heli
Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu
2009
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The purpose of this bachelor’s thesis was to create a counseling folder for the pediatric surgical
ward of Central Finland’s Central Hospital. It is aimed for children, who are coming to an operation
and for thei r pa rents . The counseling folder is meant to be used for preparing the child and his
famil y for an operation. The child’s surgical care pathway is presented in the counseling folder by
pictures and captions. The child and his parents can go through the folder at the pediatric ward
before the operation. The counseling folder is aimed for both elective and emergency child patients.
The information used to create the folder and this thesis was based on earlier researches and
literature. The main features, which came up in the researches and literature were the following:
relieving child’s fear and pain, counseling and emotional support of the child and his parents, the
parents participation in their child’s care, the child’s perceptions and feelings of fear and pain
according to his level of development and the importance of pain assessment and postoperative
pain management. The theoretical basis of the thesis was defined to focus on children from the age
of six to nine years, but the folder is also suitable for younger as well as older children. In addi tion to
the concrete folder, it was also provided to the pediatric ward in form of a cd, so that they can put it
on display in the Internet on th e heal th care dis tri ct’s web-page.
ward of Central Finland’s Central Hospital. It is aimed for children, who are coming to an operation
and for thei r pa rents . The counseling folder is meant to be used for preparing the child and his
famil y for an operation. The child’s surgical care pathway is presented in the counseling folder by
pictures and captions. The child and his parents can go through the folder at the pediatric ward
before the operation. The counseling folder is aimed for both elective and emergency child patients.
The information used to create the folder and this thesis was based on earlier researches and
literature. The main features, which came up in the researches and literature were the following:
relieving child’s fear and pain, counseling and emotional support of the child and his parents, the
parents participation in their child’s care, the child’s perceptions and feelings of fear and pain
according to his level of development and the importance of pain assessment and postoperative
pain management. The theoretical basis of the thesis was defined to focus on children from the age
of six to nine years, but the folder is also suitable for younger as well as older children. In addi tion to
the concrete folder, it was also provided to the pediatric ward in form of a cd, so that they can put it
on display in the Internet on th e heal th care dis tri ct’s web-page.