Examining the views of child development specialist about preparatory education program for hospital life and provision of using status

In this study, it was aimed to examine the opinions and use cases of child development specialists working in the hospital about the hospital preparation programs. Snowball sampling method was used in the research carried out according to the mixed method research and 152 child development specialists were reached. As a data collection tool, the "Hospital Preparation Programs Opinion Form", which was formed by taking the opinions of 5 field experts and 2 statistics experts. Opinion form; It consists of demographic and general information that all participants must answer, specific information about the programs answered by the participants who implement the program, the information answered by the participants who stated that they do not implement the program, and open-ended questions asked for all participants. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistical methods. According to the fresults; 4 out of 152 participants work in hospital kindergarden and child protect centers. Opinions about programs were obtained from 148 child development specialists working in the relevant units. The majority of the participants took courses on child and hospital during their undergraduate period and had the opportunity to do internship in a health institution. 42.1% of the participants stated that they prepared a program during their undergraduate education, 35.8% reported that they felt adequate in the theoretical aspects of programs but insufficient in practice, and that they could not apply the program mostly due to the busyness of the units. The data of 4 participants who stated that they applied a program were examined with content analysis methods, and 3 main themes obtained."The child's reactions to hospital life", "Benefits of programs" and "Solution suggestions for the effective use of programs". The results were discussed and interpreted in the light of the literature.