Adventures in Child Life Videos

Happy Monday! ✨ On today’s to do list: organize these band-aids for nursing staff to offer patients after procedures. The band-aids are cute & fun, sure. But they also promote coping, normalization of the sterile medical environment, promote rapport building with the staff, and offer the patient a choice in their care. Do you use fun band-aids on your unit?

Pro tip 🔆 keep a journal & nice heavy pen with you throughout your adventure in child life. Write down things that went well, things that didn’t, and those moments that make you say “Woah, I am an incredible CCLS & there’s no other job I rather have”. I’ve kept a journal since day one & it’s wild to see how many lives I’ve touched and how many lives have touched me. It’s also crazy to realize how many incredible moments you forget about! We’re lucky enough to have a job where touching moments happen on the regular. Having a journal to reflect on and remember all the good you do is priceless.

Always wear your seatbelt; even when you’re on a swing! #AnnieSthesia

My surgery/ortho unit was sent an elf on the shelf by Santa Claus himself! She’s very mischievous and already starting with her shenanigans. What should we name her to keep in theme of our unit?

You know it’s December when your to-do list starts looking like this! 🎄✨🏥🎅🏻 #childlifeproblems #busyseason #childlifespecialist

It was a sunny & windy day down here in miami today - perfect for our #childlifemonth bubble party!