Pediatric Hospitalization

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This paper looks at how a significant difference exists between the effects of acute care and long-term child hospitalization programs for treating children. Through a literature review, it explores the individual needs of children as a result of hospitalization from infancy through adolescence, showing the significant physiological and psychological differences among various age groups.

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"Children aged birth to six who have experienced trauma are much more likely to demonstrate related psycho-social symptoms and stress related behaviors including increased crying (Habel, 2002). The impact of hospitalization on infant through pre-schoolers depends on the ability of nurses to assess and provide appropriate care for this age group (Habel, 2002). Pre-schoolers who are hospitalized are less likely to understand that they are ill and more likely to assume that they are being punished, therefore great care must be taken to ensure that this age patient is treated based on their developmental ability and made to feel comfortable (Habel, 2002)."

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