Children Satisfaction of Nursing Care By Drawing in Hospitalized Children

Background: Patient satisfaction is the main indicator of the quality of healthcare systems. Usually in pediatric works parents are questioned due to lack of appropriate scale. Therefore, this study was done to assess the children’s satisfaction themselves by drawing which is an applicable scale for them. Materials and Methods: This study was done with 20 hospitalized children aged 6-12 years in medical and surgical wards of Dr. Sheikh Pediatrics Hospital in Mashhad, who were hospitalized at least for 2 days in order to gathering data a blank A4 size paper and 12 color pencils was given to participants and asked them to draw what they’ve been thinking about nursing and their interventions. Each drawing was analyzed based on Plander scale. Results: Most of participants were boys (65%), and hospitalized in medical wards (60%). In patient’s room no entertainment tools, toys or even readings were drawn. In all drawings the child was happy and in most was resting on a bed instead of playing or sitting (80%, 20%, and 0.0%, respectively). Conclusion: Drawing is a good and reliable source for assessing the quality of pediatric nursing care. So, suggested its usage in order of assessing children’s opinions in different matters relating to their care.