{"id":12350,"date":"2018-02-01T12:26:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T10:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/?p=12350"},"modified":"2019-02-26T07:58:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T07:58:31","slug":"we-fill-the-childrens-hospital-with-colours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/en\/we-fill-the-childrens-hospital-with-colours\/","title":{"rendered":"We fill the children\u2019s hospital with colours"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>M\u00aaAngeles Aceituno<\/h6>\n<p><em>We have taken art to the hospital.\u00a0 This has been one of the most thrilling recent projects for us, the result of hospital-company, sponsor-museum-artists collaboration, and above all, the children. We have invited the nurse in charge from the Maternity-children Hospital of the Vall d\u2019Hebron to share this experience in our blog.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-070.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12353\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-070.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-070.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-070-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-070-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-070-1024x739.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am a nurse, specialised in paediatrics and I have been working in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vallhebron.com\/ca\/qui-som\/hospital-maternoinfantil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">l&#8217;Hospital\u00a0Maternoinfantil\u00a0Vall d\u00b4Hebron<\/a> (HMI)\u00a0since 1989, a hospital that treats children and women.\u00a0 We are a reference centre in Catalonia, and one of the best in Spain, a pioneer in its capacity for the resolution of complex paediatric processes.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years we have made a clear commitment towards the <strong>humanisation in attention<\/strong>, we want to look after the welfare of the hospitalised children and of their families, being respectful to the different beliefs and cultures.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 250px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"613\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: hidden;\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-012.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12362\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-012.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-012-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-012-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-012-1024x648.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: hidden;\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-028.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12363\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-028.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-028.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-028-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-028-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-028-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-028-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Our centre finds itself immersed in a process of transformation with the main aim of achieving a happier, and more dynamic and modern image, with the participation of the patients, families and professionals. We want to improve the hospital stay of the children, adolescents and families, transmitting a message of encouragement and calmness.<\/p>\n<p>By means of the unit of Corporate Social Responsibility of the Hospital, a proposal reached us to participate in a new project of humanisation included in the programme <a href=\"https:\/\/dkvseguros.com\/informacion-corporativa\/arte\/dkv-fresh-art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DKV Fresh Art Kids\u00a0 2017.<\/a> The company DKV and the Museu Nacional d&#8217;Art de Catalunya (MNAC) proposed us, last summer, to participate in a project of artistic co-creation with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boamistura.com\/#\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BOA\u00a0Mistura<\/a>, an international group of mural artists.\u00a0 The activity would consist of painting a mural in a space of the building of the Maternity Children\u2019s Hospital\u00a0of\u00a0Vall d\u00b4Hebron, inspired by an artistic piece from the MNAC, the emblematic work of Catalan modernism by the author Ram\u00f3n Casas: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museunacional.cat\/en\/colleccio\/ramon-casas-and-pere-romeu-tandem\/ramon-casas\/069806-000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ram\u00f3n Casas and Pere Romeu on a Tandem.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/94fKxWJtJeQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>A major opportunity<\/h3>\n<p>On hearing the proposal, the first thought was that it would be a major opportunity for three important reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>the caring of emotional welfare<\/strong>, given that the different leisure activities and among them artistic, contribute to minimising and mitigating the negative psychological impact that can be provoked in the child or adolescent by the hospitalisation process itself.<\/li>\n<li><strong>colour <em>does<\/em> matter,<\/strong> the opportunity of achieving a happier and more vital space in our hospital, it can improve the hospital stay of the children, adolescents, families and professionals.<\/li>\n<li><strong>teamwork strengthens the relations,<\/strong> sharing these types of activities would undoubtedly strengthen the ties between the boys, girls, adolescents, families and professionals. The relation of trust between the patient the family and the professionals will be strengthened, with the interaction in a more leisure-festive environment being positive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Art contributes to emotional and physical health<\/h3>\n<p>For the children, the stay in the hospital implies being separated from their habitual environment, the difficulty to understand what is happening to them, and the possibility of the appearance of psychological and emotional alterations due to the presence of fears and anxieties.\u00a0 \u00a0For all these reasons, the hospitalization can create a situation of emotional impact which it is convenient to assimilate and elaborate.\u00a0 Nowadays, there is evidence that <strong>all activities that allow children to externalise their emotions, feeling and thoughts are positive for their emotional welfare.\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0In this situation, the creation of a mural with their own hands, in our hospital, has provided the children and adolescents with a space for externalising their emotions, feelings and thoughts through art.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 208px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"618\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: hidden;\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-073.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12365\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-073.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-073.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-073-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-073-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-073-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: hidden;\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-088.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12366\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-088.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-088.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-088-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-088-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vall-dHebron-088-1024x705.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>For a few days, the hospital has become an art workshop and the patients have been able to go from having a more passive attitude and receiver of attention, to being active and creative, with greater vitality.\u00a0 Without doubt, <strong>art allows us to travel through the emotions and overcome difficulties, contributing to their emotional and physical health<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Together we are stronger<\/h3>\n<p>To end, I would like to thank\u00a0DKV, the Museu Nacional and the artists of BOA\u00a0Mistura\u00a0who had thought of our hospital for this initiative that combines art and humanisation.\u00a0 To thank all our pediatric patients, those hospitalised, and those who come from their homes and families for their participation and enthusiasm.\u00a0 I would also like to thank the professionals from Hospital Maternoinfantil Vall d\u00b4Hebron for their collaboration, and it has become clear that for the professionals who work in the\u00a0HMI\u00a0Vall d\u00b4Hebron it is very important to <strong>improve the emotional welfare of our boys, girls, adolescents and families<\/strong>, \u201cThe patient always comes first\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/DRFdYOuW0AEaLOV.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12354\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/DRFdYOuW0AEaLOV.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/DRFdYOuW0AEaLOV.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/DRFdYOuW0AEaLOV-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/DRFdYOuW0AEaLOV-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/DRFdYOuW0AEaLOV-1024x767.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis initiative has shown that together we are stronger and that if we go together we are unstoppable.\u00a0 Each day when I begin and finish my working day, on entering and leaving, by the main entrance of the\u00a0HMI Vall d\u00b4Hebron, I look at the mural, I look at our work and I read this large word that represents an injection of positivism: \u201c<strong>Overcoming<\/strong>\u201d. Which makes me have very present how important and necessary it is to surpass oneself on a day-to-day basis, both professionally and personally.\u00a0 Overcoming: a bad day, fears, pain, a treatment, a loss, to be hospitalised, some goals.<\/p>\n<h6>M\u00aaAngeles Aceituno<br \/>\nMaternity Children\u2019s Hospital Vall d\u2019Hebron<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M\u00aaAngeles Aceituno We have taken art to the hospital.\u00a0 This has been one of the most thrilling recent projects for us, the result of hospital-company, sponsor-museum-artists collaboration, and above all, the children. We have invited the nurse in charge from the Maternity-children Hospital of the Vall d\u2019Hebron to share this experience in our blog. 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