HOSPITALIZATION AND MEDICAL procedures can influence a child’s psychological well-being, evident in the growing body of research reporting that children display anxious, withdrawn, fearful, restless and angry behaviors during hospitalization (Salmela, Salantera, & Aronen, 2009: Small & Mclnyk. 2006). The quality arid intensity of a child’s reaction lo hospitalization can be influenced by many variables. Rennick, Johnston, Dougherty, Piatt, and Ritchie (2002) reported that invasive procedures, greater length of stay and greater severity of illness have adverse long-term psychological effects on children which manifest in symptoms of depression, anxiety, fear and post-traumatic stress (Rcnnick et al., 2004).