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[Emergent functions in paediatric nursing: control of symbolic environmental mediators in child hospitalisation]
Ana Maria Ullán de la Fuente1, Salomé Gándara Gavilanes, Esperanza Fernández de Alba
1Universidad de Salamanca. ullan@usal.es
Insights
This study identifies key symbolic environmental mediators impacting child hospitalization experiences. Pediatric nurses are emerging as crucial in managing these mediators to improve patient emotional well-being.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Pediatric Nursing
Context:
- Child hospitalization environments
- Emotional impact of environmental stimuli
Purpose:
- Identify frequent symbolic environmental mediators in pediatric hospital settings
- Assess the role of these mediators in children's emotional experiences
- Evaluate the current management of these mediators
Summary:
- Symbolic environmental mediators, defined as environmental signals linked to emotional experiences, are frequently present in child hospitalization.
- Analysis indicates significant potential for improvement in managing these mediators within pediatric healthcare settings.
- Paediatric nursing professionals are increasingly taking a central role in controlling these symbolic environmental mediators.
Impact:
- Highlights the need for enhanced strategies to manage environmental influences on hospitalized children's emotions.
- Underscores the evolving role of nurses in psychosocial care during pediatric hospitalizations.
- Provides insights for optimizing hospital environments to support children's emotional health.
Abstract:
In the work which methods and results we shall later describe, we have tried to indicate which symbolic environmental mediators appear most frequently in the contexts of child hospitalisation. By symbolic environmental mediators, we understand the stimulus signals of the environment, associated, by virtue of personal or vicarious experiences, to certain emotional experiences--this is, signals capable of affecting the patients' emotional experience. From our work it follows that there exists a wide margin of improvement of these aspects in the current settings of child hospitalization, and that it is the paediatric nursing professionals who, in an emergent way, are assuming functions of control of the symbolic environmental mediators in the mentioned processes of hospitalisation.
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