Child Life Practicum Narrative Report

During this practicum, I worked as a child life practicum student at CoxHealth Dee Ann White Women's and Children's Hospital. The child life department consists with three full time child life specialists, one part time child life specialist, and child life volunteers and student. Child life department provides care and services at pediatrics, PICU, NICU, surgery units, Emergency Department, Neurotrauma, etc. I worked with pediatric patients age range of 0-18, and their families including siblings, and also, I worked with children of hospitalized patients. I shadowed child life specialists in those department and observed interactions conducted by child life specialists. I also interacted with patients and families independently to introduce