Reflection on therapeuticplay, children's rights and child welfare

Abstract

Playing is a right of children as approved in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and in hospitalization, the therapeutic playis used to minimize negative effects and allows nursing professionals to provide humanized care. Objective: To reflect on the use of therapeutic play, children's rights and child welfare. Methodological design: It is a reflective theorist. Conclusions: The use of therapeutic play technology in pediatric services will allow the humanization of care, with the possibility of understanding the interaction that infants cannot understand, reduce stress, fear and strengthen the pediatric triad, with which the possibility of the restoration of physical and emotional health is faster and better. This also responds to what is recommended by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the European Charter for hospitalized children and the definitions of child welfare.