Tag: children’s hospital
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Don’t forget the teens
During my practicum I always struggled when interacting with teens. Being that I was 21 years old when I was doing my practicum, it seemed awkward for me to provide child life services to someone who was so close in age. During my internship I went out of my comfort zone and really made an…
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Syringe painting
One of my favorite activities to do with my patients is syringe painting. I haven’t had much of a chance to do it in a while and last week I finally got the opportunity! I was supporting a very spunky & brave 7-year-old during her IV start which took a long time because her veins…
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Child life month – first timer
As you all may know, this is my first year celebrating Child Life Month as a Child Life Specialist! Very exciting!! However, I am the only CLS in my department so it’s really up to me how I decide to celebrate Child Life month (no pressure, right?!). Being that I started working in January, I…
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Happy Child Life Month!
This is officially my first Child Life Month as a Child Life Specialist! I have a few ideas of fun & creative ways to celebrate at work & of course a few ideas for my blog as well! Stay tuned for updates!
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Starting off!
WOW! I thought I was busy during my internship – I have not stopped since I started working! Anyways, I wanted to give you guys a little update on starting as a child life specialist in the ER: I am the only specialist in our ER and we have about 19…
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Theme week – Day 5, World Fair!
For our grand finale of our theme week we decided to have a World Fair! We had stickers, passports, globe stress balls, and globe headbands to hand out to the kiddos that came by (all purchases from oriental trading.) As for crafts, kids could either travel to Brazil to make carnival headdresses or to Venice,…
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A children’s hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., has opened its doors to the pets of its long-term patients. Healing Paws is a new dog visitation program at Wolfson Children’s Hospital, USA Today reports. It aims to make life a little bit better for its pediatric patients. Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/19/dogs-visit-hospitals-healing-paws_n_3616879.html
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Currently reading: Psychosocial Care of Children In Hospitals : a clinical practice manual from the ACCH child life research project
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Paul and the Dragon Story: Paul is feeling sick and needs to go to the hospital. After several tests he is diagnosed with cancer. He does not understand what is happening to him, and what the medications are doing. He feels scared and alone. His doctor explains to him that the cancer is like a dragon in …