The aim of this thesis was to find out how the NAO robot could be exploited in children’s patient counselling with inhaling from medicine inhalator and blowing into a PEF (Peak Flow) Meter in a pediatric outpatient clinic. The goal was to provide preliminary information about the usage of the NAO robot when teaching children how to inhale asthma medicine and how to blow correctly into a PEF Meter.

This study was constructed integrating both quantative and qualitative research. The research material was gathered with semistructured inquiry and observationforms. They were used to get feedback on how the NAO robot succeeded in giving patient counselling to children. Furthermore, the thoughts, ideas and experiences of the nurses, children and their parents participated in this study about the NAO robot and the guidance, were disgussed. The study was carried out in a certain South Finnish hospital and it involved its pediatric outpatient clinic nurses, including also 17 children and 16 parents. The age of the children varied from six to twelve. Some of them already had an asthma diagnose and some vere tested to see if the selected asthma medicine worked well. The material was analyzed statistically followed by a content analysis.

According to the results, the patient counselling executed by the NAO robot was mainly succesful and children benefited from it being concentrated and observant to patient counselling given by the NAO robot. In addition, the children were able to function reasonably well according to the instructions given. Even though the results were mainly positive and encouraging, the nurses thought that robotics has yet to be developed before it can really be used in a pediatric outpatient clinic. Therefore, patient counselling executed by the NAO robot and its effectiveness should be examined more and tested with a larger number of child patients.