ABSTRACT Background: Children need a healthy environment that promotes health and allows the child to thrive. Many children suffer from illness or injury at some point and has the need for care. The hospital environment can be psychologically stressful for a child. The encounter of children in care, regardless of whether it is outpatient or inpatient care, is crucial for the child's experience, security, compliance, and future healthcare contacts. Aim: The purpose was to investigate nurses' experience of communicating with children and adolescents. Method: This is a qualitative interview study with an inductive approach with a strategic selection. An interview guide was used, and participants were encouraged to openly discuss the topic. Fourteen nurses participated in the study.  Result: The nurses experienced that by meeting different children in their everyday lives increased their understanding of how to communicate with children. The nurses who had little experience of meeting sick children stated that they felt very insecure if the child they were caring for was very sick. Participants mentioned that tips from experienced colleagues gave them peace of mind in their encounters with the children. The nurse language, communication, and behavior changed depending on the age and maturity of the child. Conclusion: The results showed that the nurses stated that training in caring for children gave them higher self-confidence. Greater focus on children care, during undergraduate education and in-house training in the workplace would contribute to increased knowledge and self-confidence for the nurses, as well as contribute to care with the child perspective in focus.

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DIFFERENT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MEN AND WOMEN COMMUNICATION PECULIARITIES Margarita Skvarčienė Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education, Kaunas, Lithuania SUMMARY Scholarly opinions about the differences between men and women are more than academic; opinions about gender differences have personal, professional and political implications. Many scholars lamented that too few theories existed to explain sex differences in communication. Although theory still lags behind descriptive research, researchers have made advances in theoretical explanations of sex and gender differences. This study present different physical activity male and female similarities as well as differences in communication. As we researched, we hypothesized that: physically active men and women have better listening skills, than physically sedentary men and women; physically active men and women have tendency to have greater demand of communication, than non active men and women; physically active men and women have better communication skills, than physically passive men and women. The object of the current study is gender communication peculiarities. The aim of the work is to evaluate different physical activity men and women communication peculiarities. To obtain this aim, we determine these propositions: 1. to evaluate different physical activity men and women listening skills and to compare them by gender aspect; 2. to evaluate different physical activity men and women demand of communication, and... [to full text]