Elsevier

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volume 61, November–December 2021, Pages 436-438
Journal of Pediatric Nursing

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The Impact of Visiting Restrictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Patients

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Abstract

Visitor restriction policies have been implemented on many hospital units as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. These policies are integral to the strategies that hospitals are using to limit exposure risks during the pandemic. However, visitor restriction policies disproportionally affect hospitalized children. The trauma caused by lack of family at the bedside of adult patients during the Covid-19 pandemic has been studied but there is a lack of primary research on the impact of the Covid-19 visiting policy restrictions on pediatric patients. Long term studies are needed to understand the effect of this separation on children and their caregivers.

Keywords

Child
Covid-19
Hospital

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