Hospitalization has been recognized as a stressful event for children. While children are hospitalized, they endure many treatments and procedures. This study utilizes the projective technique of drawing to explore preschool children，s feelings about hospitalization. Children were asked to make two or three drawings in the first two days after admission and before discharge. The topic of the first drawing indicated that what children feared the most was injections. The body shape was often distorted. The drawings implied that they were anxious and in pain. The topic of the second drawing was more lively and colorful. It fit their developmental level. The children，s psychosocial and emotional progress were evaluated as a function of changes in drawings over time. Drawing not only communicates with children, but also gives them nurturing care and alleviates the negative effects of hospitalization.
