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A short video outlining the importance of Calico Dolls in paediatric care in the hospital setting Calico people help the littlest patients in their hospital experience Nurse Educator Gerry Silk introduced Calico Dolls to Australia in the 1990s as part of a research project within her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. Since then, Calico Dolls have become an unlikely but important part of caring for a child in the hospital. The body-shaped doll is a blank canvas, on which a child can not only tell the story about their injuries, but also show their fears about what is happening in the hospital. Like any good tool, there are many uses for these Calico Dolls. In most cases, the dolls are a way to distract the child from the often hurtful and scary hospital procedures. The dolls can also be an important diagnostic tool. With markers in hand, a child can use the doll to show where and how serious their pain is, and tell you the story of how they were hurt. The dolls are also ambassadors for hospitals, providing a positive experience for children in what is an overwhelmingly frightening environment. When children take the dolls home and share them with playmates, they regularly focus their conversation on the dolls than on the needles. This video about Calico Dolls is available to members on AusmedOnline.com. For more extensive information about caring for paediatric patients, Ausmed offers a choice of two conferences: ‘Care of the Child with an Acute Illness’ and ‘Care of Seriously Ill or Injured Child’. These two-day conferences are held in most capital cities in Australia. For more information, please visit the conference pages on www.ausmed.com.au Presenter: Gerry Silk Gerry has many years of paediatric nursing experience, including 15 years in the Emergency Department of the Royal Children' Hospital in Melbourne. A substantial amount of her work was as a Clinical Nurse Educator. Published: September 2011 Usage: In addition to the right to view, save and print the video, you have the right to make the video available for viewing by a group or groups whom you are teaching or educating. Whilst the number of people within the said group is not limited, the ability to reuse content contained in the video is limited. You are not permitted to make any alterations to the video whatsoever. Nor are you permitted to pass the video off as your own intellectual property. That is to say, you must leave all Ausmed recognition on the video and must maintain the authorship attribution to Ms Gerry Silk as it currently stands. All additional terms and conditions relevant to the use of this video education document can be found at the bottom of this page, or by clicking here. If you are using this video for your personal educational use, you need not be conversant with the content contained in the video. However, if this video is intended for general educational use, you we advise that you thoroughly understand the use and need of Calico Dolls prior to the broadcasting of this video. Duration: 8 minutes 38 seconds File size and format: 75MB, flash video
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Professional Reviews:
Vibeke Hauge (Wednesday, 16 November 2011)
Like the idea that the kids can express themselves by drawing on the calico dolls.
Gwen Chapman (Thursday, 27 October 2011)
Great idea with so many implications.
ingrid Hibberd (Wednesday, 26 October 2011)
Ingrid Hibberd Great. I have heard of the calico dolls being used in hospitals in the seventies and that was from Europe. Great to see that such a small doll made of calico can tell a story.
Joanne Lindsell (Sunday, 23 October 2011)
Excellent idea. Not only useful for General Practice; immunisation & healthy kids checks, but worth recommending to Child Protection Detectives for interviewing purposes. Joanne
EYVONNE MORGAN (Sunday, 16 October 2011)
Very useful resource. worth considering in practice.
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