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Volume 6, Issue 4 (Suppl) J Nurs Care, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-1168 Euro Nursing 2017
October 26-28, 2017
32nd EURO
NURSING AND MEDICARE SUMMIT
October 26-28, 2017 | Paris, France
Knowledge, opinions and applications of pediatric nurses about therapeutic games
Ramazan Inci1 and Ulviye Gunay2
1Batman University, Turkey
2Inonu University, Turkey
Objective : This study was aimed to determine the knowledge, opinions and applications of pediatric nurses about therapeutic
games.
Method: This descriptive study was conducted with 126 nurses working in pediatric clinics of four hospitals located in
eastern of Turkey between February and May 2017. Data were collected via “Nurse’s Introductory Information Form" and
“"Therapeutic Game Information, Views and Practices of The Nurses of Questionnaire Form". Percentage, arithmetic mean,
standard deviation was used in the evaluation of the data.
Results: The average age of the nurses was 31.1%, 71.4% of them were working in pediatric clinics for 6 years or more. 84%
of nurses has stated that therapeutic game is the best way to learn the child's feelings and thoughts about the procedures
performed at the hospital, 66.6% of nurses reported that therapeutic game improves communication between the child and the
nurse, 77.7% of them expressed that the child should play therapeutic game in the pediatric clinics. However, it determined
that 48.5% of nurses have not played therapeutic games with children in pediatric clinics. 59.5% of the nurses stated that they
have not practiced therapeutic games because they were too many patients in the clinic. 61.9% of nurses who performed
therapeutic games stated that they play therapeutic games with children before drawing blood. Therapeutic games that nurses
play most often with children were drawing pictures and playing with intravenous set, injector, nasogastric tubes.
Conclusion: It was determined that pediatric nurses have sufficient knowledge about therapeutic games methods but they do
not use them adequately in practice.
Ramazan Inci et al., J Nurs Care 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C1-061