Pediatric radiography has a completely different kind of skill set compared to adult radiography. Specialized knowledge of pediatric pathology is needed.
This study was conducted to examine the relationship between the radiographer and pediatric patient. The study indicates that the interaction between the patient and radiographer is of great importance because it will make the patient more relaxed and less anxious.
It has been found that less anxious children cooperate more easily with the medical procedures.
Children are more sensitive to carcinogenic effects and therefore according to the ALARA principle the dose must be kept as low as possible because they have a greater risk of developing a high accumulative dose of exposure over a …show more content…
This theme primarily dealt with the concept of emotions: how they were displayed by the child and how they were influenced by the radiographer and parent. The researcher determined these emotions by observing the parent radiographer and child's body language, facial expression(s) and physical and verbal cues. Theme 3, The Emotion: All emotions as depicted by observing the child. These included the child's body language, facial expressions and verbal and physical cues. The methods used by the radiographers to alleviate any negative emotions were noted as well:
From these themes, the codes for aiding in data analysis were deduced. These included: Code 1 Interactions concerning the Child: Fears allayed, coming down to the child's eye level, child friendly tone, fear of needles, interaction with parents and being asked personal questions such as school, fashion and hobbies.
Code 2 Techniques employed by the Radiographer: Voice intonation, use of play, coming down to the child's eye level, use of stickers, interaction with the parents and use of equipment in the X-ray room such as aprons, posters and toys.
Code 3 The Emotion portrayed and its Effects: Fears allayed, interaction with the radiographer, dependence on the parent, repeated examination, communication difficulties, crying heard from the other room, stickers and radiographic image …show more content…
Proper allocation of time and care to children will improve their experience and will result in an examination with no repeats.
(McCarney et al., 2007) this article provided the authors the necessary information to establish if their data collection was done correctly related to the hawthorne effect (Salmela et al., 2010) this article provided the authors with the knowledge to know what to look for in the children when they were under stress
(Rushforth, 1999) this article provided the authors with the ability to know how to effectively communicate with children.
We did notice that the authors references were often times older than 5 years with some being even older than 10 years!
In the study conducted, we have found that enough time must be allocated to each examination so that the radiographer can perform his/her best and keep the patient as relaxed as possible by offering the children rewards and explaining the procedure to them in a way that they can understand
This study was conducted to examine the relationship between the radiographer and pediatric patient. The study indicates that the interaction between the patient and radiographer is of great importance because it will make the patient more relaxed and less anxious.
It has been found that less anxious children cooperate more easily with the medical procedures.
Children are more sensitive to carcinogenic effects and therefore according to the ALARA principle the dose must be kept as low as possible because they have a greater risk of developing a high accumulative dose of exposure over a …show more content…
This theme primarily dealt with the concept of emotions: how they were displayed by the child and how they were influenced by the radiographer and parent. The researcher determined these emotions by observing the parent radiographer and child's body language, facial expression(s) and physical and verbal cues. Theme 3, The Emotion: All emotions as depicted by observing the child. These included the child's body language, facial expressions and verbal and physical cues. The methods used by the radiographers to alleviate any negative emotions were noted as well:
From these themes, the codes for aiding in data analysis were deduced. These included: Code 1 Interactions concerning the Child: Fears allayed, coming down to the child's eye level, child friendly tone, fear of needles, interaction with parents and being asked personal questions such as school, fashion and hobbies.
Code 2 Techniques employed by the Radiographer: Voice intonation, use of play, coming down to the child's eye level, use of stickers, interaction with the parents and use of equipment in the X-ray room such as aprons, posters and toys.
Code 3 The Emotion portrayed and its Effects: Fears allayed, interaction with the radiographer, dependence on the parent, repeated examination, communication difficulties, crying heard from the other room, stickers and radiographic image …show more content…
Proper allocation of time and care to children will improve their experience and will result in an examination with no repeats.
(McCarney et al., 2007) this article provided the authors the necessary information to establish if their data collection was done correctly related to the hawthorne effect (Salmela et al., 2010) this article provided the authors with the knowledge to know what to look for in the children when they were under stress
(Rushforth, 1999) this article provided the authors with the ability to know how to effectively communicate with children.
We did notice that the authors references were often times older than 5 years with some being even older than 10 years!
In the study conducted, we have found that enough time must be allocated to each examination so that the radiographer can perform his/her best and keep the patient as relaxed as possible by offering the children rewards and explaining the procedure to them in a way that they can understand