The hospital designed by hospitalized children and adolescents

Larissa Karoline Dias da Silva Cassemiro, Aline Cristiane Cavicchioli Okido, Maria Cândida de Carvalho Furtado, Regina Aparecida Garcia de Lima
2020 Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem  
Objective: to identify, through the contributions of hospitalized children and adolescents, the characteristics they consider necessary for a hospital that promotes well-being and development. Method: descriptive and exploratory study, with qualitative data analysis, carried out with a total of 30 hospitalized children and adolescents. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, mediated by drawing, and analyzed by inductive thematic analysis, supported by the theoretical framework
more » ... f the humanization of health care and the Florence Nightingale's Environmental Theory. Results: the designed hospital takes up the principles of Florence Nightingale's Environmental Theory, as well as one of the guidelines of the National Humanization Policy, the environment, from two perspectives: elements and material resources from the physical environment; elements of comfort and well-being environment. Final considerations: hospitals such as the projected institution corroborate what is recommended in public policies, as they qualify health care.
doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0399 pmid:33206849 fatcat:eseslefj55bslci53wttlij7ay