{"id":7754,"date":"2019-06-19T00:55:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T00:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=251326"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:17:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:17:11","slug":"childrens-hospital-lets-kids-ride-toy-cars-into-surgery-to-ease-their-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/childrens-hospital-lets-kids-ride-toy-cars-into-surgery-to-ease-their-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s Hospital Lets Kids Ride Toy Cars Into Surgery To Ease Their Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"

This story originally appeared at American Web Media<\/a>.<\/span>Kids love to play. And now research suggests playtime also helps kids destress and cope with their fears.<\/span>That\u2019s why Huntsville Hospital for Women and Children decision to let patients ride toy cars and trains into surgery is being applauded by child psychology experts. The playful move helps put kids at ease and also helps improve their overall stay at the hospital.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cThere are some kids that are excited to be here,\u201d said Michelle Barksdale, a child-life specialist. \u201cThere are some kids that are really, really scared and don\u2019t even want to come in the door, stand on the scale, put on a bracelet.\u201d<\/span>This is why Barksdale is actively seeking to make the hospital more appealing to younger residents, who are much more vulnerable than adult patients. \u201cWe have all developmental ages and ranges of emotions,\u201d she said.<\/span>The hospital is also seeking to increase the waiting room\u2019s overall fun factor, which has previously been described as a stressful place for young patients. To counter this reputation, the hospital is transforming the waiting area into a games room.<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cSo, this is kind of one of those things that keep their mind off everything before they have to go back,\u201d Pediatric nurse Haley Franks explained. \u201cEspecially if they have any kind of procedures or anything, they are able to kind of play out here in the lobby and have some fun while they\u2019re waiting.\u201d<\/span>In another ingenious move, staff has realized that toys can double as hospital beds, which is certainly a lot more fun for kids as they\u2019re moved from room to room. Some kids even get a driver\u2019s license in order to pilot their own \u201ccar.\u201d<\/span>\u201cIt makes it easier on that transition for the parents as well as the child,\u201d Franks explained. \u201cBecause they know the child is not scared, they\u2019re not crying, they\u2019re not leaving them in a fearful state.\u201d<\/span>Proper BCS greatergood_ctg_abovevideo<\/span><\/span>Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This story originally appeared at American Web Media.Kids love to play. And now research suggests playtime also helps kids destress and cope with their fears.That\u2019s why Huntsville Hospital for Women and Children decision to let patients ride toy cars and trains into surgery is being applauded by child psychology experts. The playful move helps put […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45770,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7754\/revisions\/45770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}