Hi all I have a lot of money kindly fundraised to purchase sensory equipment for our ward. We unfortunately have no spare room to turn into a sensory room but...
Hi Karen Have you thought about a mobile sensory unit? When I worked at another hospital we bought a mobile unit on wheels which we could easily move from...
Hi There are loads of companies that can provide you with a wide range of toys/equipment etc but would recommend searching the web too as the specialist...
Hi Everyone Just wondered if anyone is part of a play specialist branch group anywhere in the country? Do you find you gain lots of support from the other...
Hey Karen, We had sensory equipment set up in one of our bed spaces long before i started work at the rnoh, yeah they are great when you can use them but my...
What courses would people recommend to go on as part of a hps's professional development. Is the Guided imagery course at gosh any good? and how do you find...
Hi Katie I did the Guided Imagery course at GOSH last year and it was excellent I really recommend it, and it provides you with so many skills you can use to...
Hi Harriet, I am Chair of the Wales NAHPS branch group. I find that the members are very supportive of each other. We share a lot of ideas and the group has...
Hi, I work in the community too and I make diaries with the children which are good as they provoke conversation, concentration and allow you to find out...
Hey everyone, I'm trying to put some information together about needle phobia and needle play. Are their any techiques that people use in their work places...
Hi, I am in the process of setting up and running a clinic for children with debilitating fears (including needle phobias). The new guidelines are awaiting...
Thanks for that Katy that is really helpful, i really like your ideas they are really interesting, it's so nice to learn something new. ... From: katy weaver...
Hi Katie To find out details of when the next Guided Imagery Course is being held at Great Ormond Street Hospital, contact the GOSH Traing department, details...
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Are there any hospital play specialists out there who are from the Belfast area? There is a Childhood Studies course in the area that would like a hospital...
I often go to the anaesthetic room with the children to do distraction whilst they have a venflon sited. The theatre staff are excellent and encourage this as...
At the RNOH the anaesthetist's in general are really good however we do have one or two that wont let us stay in the anaesthetic room and basically tell us to...
Hi there I too am a community nursery nurse with Health Visitors, although I'm just recently in post, but a couple of useful books I have for activities are ...
When we encountered this problem we arranged a meeting between ourselves, our ward manager, the theatre sister and the head of the paediatric anaesthetists to...
Hi all I have been asked if I could do some ward based teaching sessions around needle phobia and play. I have never done anything like this before so any...
Hi all Thanks for all your advice on sensory stuff. I was wondering if any of you had a sensory room/lots of equipment in regular use that I may be able to...
Our new ward does not have an oven and I am desperately after some new recipe ideas for things to make with patients on the ward that doesn't require an oven...
Hi Karen, You can always come to Lingfield on the borders of Surrey, West Sussex and Kent I work at NCYPE (The National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy)...
Hello Everyone The National Association of Hospital Play Staff in the UK prints a magazine twice a year called The Journal, which has articles written by...
Can anyone talk me through step by step what to use and how to make a blood test doll with the best possible results? What are the best dolls to use etc...
Hi Kate I remember having to make one of these on my course, The best possible dolls to use are the plastic type where they are hollow you need to be able to...
Is their a way of doing it where you actually draw the blood from the back of the hand and not through a canula so something is hiden under the hand that the...
dont know i have never seen it allough i guess it would be possible with special dolls? that re-seal after use but i have never seen it done that way why dont...
Hi Kate You can do this with a bung end. My advice to you would be to ask a nurse or doctor to help you. It could even be a project given to a student nurse....
