A comparative study on the responses of hospitalized children towards nurses white and colored duty uniforms

Date of Completion

1995

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Keywords

Child, Hospitalized, Nurses, Nurse-Patient Relations

Abstract

This study was undertaken to determine the responses displayed by hospitalized children aged 1-4 years old towards nurses' white and colored uniforms. It also aimed to find out if pediatrics respond differently towards white and colored uniforms when divided into two groups: one group consisting of one (1) to two (2) year olds and another consisting of three (3) to four (4) year-olds. And lastly, this study sought to determine the procedure (approach, taking of vital signs, and giving of oral medications) which when used evoked great fear among the pediatrics, while the nurses use white or colored uniforms. The salient findings of the study are presented based on the research problems formulated: 1. Pediatrics aged 1-4 years old, showed greater fear upon exposure to nurses on white uniform. 2. No significant difference was found between the responses of hospitalized children when divided into two groups, one of which consisted of 1-2 year olds and another consisted of 3-4 year olds with regards to the color of nurses uniform. Thus, the fear of the children are present regardless of their age. 3. Among the procedures performed, giving oral medication got the highest rank, followed by taking of vital signs, and lastly, upon approach. This means that there is a greater fear shown by the hospitalized children towards white and colored uniforms when given oral medications. Based on the findings mentioned, the researchers concluded that there is a significant difference between white and colored duty uniforms in relation to the responses displayed by hospitalized children aged 1-4 years old. Pediatrics showed greater fear towards nurses on white uniforms than nurses on colored uniforms regardless of procedures done. Hypothesis number two is accepted, which states that the responses displayed by the pediatrics when grouped into two, one of which consisted of 1-2 year old and another consisted of nurses uniforms is not significant. The hypothesis of the absence of a significant difference on the reactions displayed by the hospitalized children upon approach, taking of vital signs, and giving of oral medications is rejected. Pediatrics showed greater fear when given oral medications and then group into: 1-2 year old (towards colored uniform) and 3-4 year old (towards white and colored uniforms).

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