Play, education and children and carers coping, living with palliative care needs
Authors: de Haan, M., Rackstraw, A. and Randall, D.
Pages: 136-154
DOI: 10.4324/9781003384861-9
Abstract:Play and education are the themes of this chapter, with several reflections and descriptions of play and education in clinical nursing practice. The chapter begins by setting out coping strategies for parents (carers) and children. Play is then described and discussed as a human right for children, however long or short their lives might be. Clinical stories and research work with children, who are living with palliative care needs, and their carers, are used to detail the play issues, including the importance to children of having someone, anyone, to play with. The social environment that facilitates play in its various forms is discussed. This leads to a discussion of learning both in formal education and in play, which is also a right of all children, irrespective of their abilities or prognosis. These more general concepts are applied to nursing using Randall’s Pragmatics approach. This includes some suggested “toolbox” ideas on play, learning and education, both for individual nurses and for nursing services. The question posed is not, how can nurses play?, but how do we as nurses integrate play and learning in all we do?.
Source: Scopus
Play, education and children and carers coping, living with palliative care needs
Authors: Randall, D., de Haan, M. and Rackstraw, A.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Source: Manual