Hospitalization

Sometimes sick or injured children need to stay in a hospital for tests, procedures, or treatments. A hospital can be a foreign place to parents who are not health care professionals. A child may be upset by the new bed, the new people, medical equipment, and experiences.

Some topics included in children's hospitalization are:

• advanced medical directives
• behavior after hospitalization
• consent forms
• emergency care
• family centered care
• infants in the hospital
• intensive care unit or ICU
• patient confidentiality
• preparation for hospitalization or surgery