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How this survey was completed:
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We made a list of questions about surgical hospital experiences. We made sure that
we did not get too personal and that the kids chose a new name for themselves for the
survey. |
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We went to fourth and fifth grades in our school over a two week period of time.
We asked for volunteers who had stayed in a hospital at some time to complete our survey. |
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Out of the 45 surveys finished by fourth and fifth grade kids, we had to discard
17 for the following reasons: Did not have surgery, were more than 50% incomplete,
or were not understandable. |
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Of the 28 surveys from kids who had surgery in a hospital, the following
is true:
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16 kids went home the same day, 8 stayed overnight, 2 stayed for 1 week, 2 stayed
for 2+ weeks. |
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4 took a tour and 24 didn't take the tour. |
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11 got pretests and 17 didn't get pretests. |
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11 got to ride in a wheel chair once, 4 got it twice, 5 got it tons of
times, and 8 never got one. |
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17 didn't notice the smell of the hospital, 8 liked it, and 3 hated it. |
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10 had no food, 2 didn't want food, 4 didn't like the food, 7 liked some
of the food, and 5 loved it all. |
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| Interesting answers:
Question: What was the best part of going to the hospital?
| Answer |
by |
| All the ice cream I wanted. |
Perpreca |
| Ice cream, button for the nurse,
and the moving bed. |
Funny Man |
| Was knowing that I would be fine. |
Skategirl |
| Getting out and being saved from
dying. |
Banjo |
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Question: What was the worst part of going to the hospital?
| Answer |
by |
| You throw up after the surgery. |
Mr. Hicery |
| Waiting for the surgery. |
Jhon |
| Getting shots. |
Blondie |
| Having to stay in bed. |
Jamie |
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Question: Were you well prepared for the surgery?
| Answer |
By |
| I should have known to relax and
about the gas that would put me asleep during the whole
operation. |
Banjo |
| No. I should have known
where my mom was, where I was going and who was doing the
operation. |
Skategirl |
| No. I would have felt
better if they told me what they were going to do to me. |
Knee Knee |
| No. I shouldn't have been
so afraid. |
Mary |
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Question: What is a nice doctor like?
| Answer |
By |
| He is nice to you and
tells you everything he's going to do to you. |
Carter |
| He talks to you nice
and offers you stuff. |
Mary |
| He should be good at
his work and be nice. |
Fred
Peat |
| He should tell you
that you will be okay and ask how you are doing. |
Malissa |
| A nice doctor should
always, always, always put you to sleep before they operate! |
Knee
Knee |
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Question: What advice would you give to someone going to the
hospital for the first time?
| Answer |
By |
| It is okay to be
afraid, but it isn't that bad. |
Malissa |
| You should ask your doctor what
is going to happen. |
Banjo |
| Lay down and relax your brains
out! |
Jamie |
| You should go on a hospital tour
if you can. It helps get rid of scary feelings to see the
place first. |
Matilda |
| Be confident that you will be
o.k. |
Knee Knee |
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We found that most kids in our survey had fears
before they went into the hospital. Some of them were:
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"Will I be okay? What is going to
happen?" ---Skategirl |
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"I was afraid that the surgeon
would mess up." ---Knee Knee |
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"I was afraid of being in a lot of
pain when I woke up." --Sarah |
We did find two things, after our tour and after doing
the survey.
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The kids who knew what was going to happen were
less scared and more comfortable in the hospital because of
it.
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That all of the kids that we surveyed said
that it was much easier than they thought it would be and that
they shouldn't have feared it.
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