3^rd Euro Nursing and Medicare Summit

Biography

Biography: Amnon Raviv

Abstract

The Dream Doctors' medical clowns are now involved in many and varied medical procedures carried out on children. Studies have shown how their work contributes greatly to reducing anxieties among child patients (and their families) prior to and during medical procedures. The medical clown thus assists the medical treatment team in carrying out the procedures more easily and comfortably. The cooperation within the triad of physician-nurse-medical clown during medical procedures is a new team model for many nurses, physicians, and even for the medical clowns. This presentation characterizes this unique collaboration and proposes ways to improve cooperation between the multidisciplinary team to benefit the wellbeing of child patients. In recent years, medical clowning has entered a new era. No longer confined to the rooms on the ward, the medical clown has now become part of the multidisciplinary healthcare team, and is involved in an increasing number of various medical procedures carried out on children. Recent studies have shown the significant impact of the medical clown's presence in assisting to reduce children's anxieties during medical procedures, thus helping the nurse and physician to carry out the procedure more easily. The need arises to create a new model of the multidisciplinary healthcare team's work to include the triad of nurse-physician-medical clown, based on the understanding of what is required to carry out the procedure, clear job definitions, and agreement on the most desirable type of verbal and nonverbal communication among the team members.