childrens hospital

[MrsNjoro]

Do the childrens hospitals ever put kids on a floor according to developmental level or age along with the Dx. I was just wondering because I know they offer a lot of activities and that they encourage the kids to be social, so do they always have all ages on the floor?

[lpnstudentin2010, LPN]

Hospital I am at they seperate it by issue. After my surgeries I have been many different places...neuro (that one makes sense surgeries are on my head and because of a neurological disorder), ICU, CCU (because there was no room in the normal ICU), transplant ward, ummm and general ward (dont know what they had there) THe activities, alot of times the different age groups do the same ones, just a little differently based on age.

[JadedCPN, BSN, RN]

Depends on the hospital. Where I'm at, it's generally by neuro floor, ortho floor, surgical floor, transplant floor etc although we do have two general med/surg floors - one that is typically for teens, one that is typically for babies.

[belot97]

opss

i just noticed this thread

I have been to different pediatric hospitals

in different places

the common denominator is that each floor is

'condition' based,meaning then,they dont come in

the same age group but then there is this playroom in each floor

wher younger kids could play and there is this playroom/school

in the hospital where the older ones attend and join some activities prepared by

play therapists/school teachers.For those who are not quite able to mobilize

and or who are not ready to socialize yet,a school teacher/play therapist will

come to the patient bedside and give these kids assignments or play with them

at a scheduled time.

Most of neonate/infant patients are placed in one floor.They have playtherapists to visit them everday.

If it is a specialty facility,then these patients are categorized per age group.

I hope this gives you a brief idea....

[melz34]

we have a pediatric surgical ward a Respiratory surgical ward a transplant ward ear nose and throat ward A intensive care unit a dentistry unit a day care ward A HDU a neurosurgery ward and a urology ward

[llg, PhD, RN]

While some hospitals may still do the "by age" thing ... most that I am familiar with do it by diagnosis and then have activity rooms and other resources available that are geared to different age groups.

This gives the nurses a chance to gain expertise with particular types of care -- and for interdisciplinary teams to form and solidify relationships. For example, the renal patients being on one unit allows the nurses the opportunity to develop real skill in that specialty and to form solid working relationships with the renal docs, dialysis staff, etc. Oncology nurses can become experts on chemotherapy, the different forms of cancer, radiation therapy, etc.

Also, housing patients on the same units with certain diagnosis may be problematic. For example, you wouldn't want to have imunocompromised patients on the same floor with infectious diseases, etc.

[belot97]

and yes,in most hospitals ive been to

immunocompromised inpatients are all being visited ONLY by their play therapists and teachers at bedside

only outpatient immunocompromised patients do have a common playroom/school in hospital setting,

outpatients meaning,patients who are only on scheduled chemo /BT sessions ....:)

[rachelgeorgina]

The children's hospitals here largely separate by clinical problem/presentation, though you often see things like infant and toddler wards.