USE OF PLAY IN CHILD CARE HOSPITALIZED: CONTRIBUTIONS TO PEDIATRIC NURSING

The illness and hospitalization in childhood events not expected by the child therefore considered a crisis for this and their caregivers. Under these perspectives, play and play in a child's life stand out as essential factor not only it takes place in a healthy, but also as a tool pledge maturation infant are possible and indeed necessary hospitalization. The study aimed to investigate the nurses actions in a pediatric hospital that used playing in the care of hospitalized children. This was a descriptive research with qualitative approach carried out through semistructured interview. Three categories emerged Insertion of playing in the care of hospitalized children; Mother's participation in the construction of the playing; and Children's reactions in playing and its effects on children's behavior. It concluded that nurses perform the insertion of playing in childcare, however unsystematically.