Preschool hospital tours.
Many hospitals have programs for planned admissions for children and adults. Very few offer preparation for unplanned ones, yet children have emergency admissions to hospital. A weekly hospital tour has been started recently for community preschool groups to meet this need. Feedback has been very positive. From those on the tours so far, three have had emergency admissions and parents report that the children evidence very good adjustment to the hospital. It is hoped that similar child education programs could be offered in other communities and the benefits extended to more children.
D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario