The Christmas rite as a therapeutic socialisation: a contribution to pediatric nursing

Abstract

Qualitative-approach study with the objective of describing the meaning of the Christmas rite and its symbolic elements, to analyse the participation of the hospitalized child with an inmobilised upper limb due to venous infusion in the Christmas confraternization, and to discuss the effects of therapeutic socialisation as a contributor to pediatric nursing care. Results allowed to perceive the children’s effective participation in therapeutic socialization as having the effect of setting them apart from their ill condition and offering them a less stressing therapeutic hospital environment.

Keywords

• Enfermería
• Pediatría
• Rito