Windows and mirrors: Reflections of a module team teaching the arts in nurse education

McKie, Andrew; Adams, Violet; Gass, John; Macduff, Colin

doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2007.03.002

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“…Art has been used to improve observational skills in a variety ways in nursing education [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. For instance, Frie et al [5] found when nursing students viewed and described artwork at different distances, the students developed a broadened understanding of the role of perception and an awareness of the need to make accurate, precise observations.…”

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The Meaning of Visual Thinking Strategies for Nursing Students

Moorman

2015

Humanities

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Nurse educators are called upon to provide innovative experiences for students to prepare them to work in complex healthcare settings. As part of this preparation, developing observational and communication skills is critical for nurses and can directly affect patient outcomes. Visual thinking strategies (VTS) is a teaching method that has been studied in primary education to develop communication and observational skills. VTS has potential to improve these same skills in nursing yet only one study has been done including nursing students and none have researched what meaning VTS has for them. This research study sought to answer the following questions: What meaning does VTS have for nursing students? How do nursing students use it in caring for patients? Students at a large Midwestern university in a Bachelor of Science program were recruited for participation. Students who voluntarily participated in a previous VTS experience were invited to participate in a second one, followed by an interview. Interpretive phenomenology was used to analyze the interviews and the following themes were identified: Feeling safe in learning and seeing and thinking differently. A literature review was performed to further expand these themes. Analysis of the findings and implications for future research are discussed.

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The Meaning of Visual Thinking Strategies for Nursing Students

Moorman

2015

Humanities

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“…Chan (2014) reported on the use of composing songs (Chan, 2006), drawing (Chan, 2013b) and writing poems (Chan, 2013c) The most pertinent outcomes in these studies emphasise the over arching benefits of using the arts in nurse education from the student perspective. The advantage of doing so is conveyed in recurring themes in the literature such as 'learning about holism' (Mc Cabe et al, 2013) 'using different tools can assist you to think outside the norm' (McKie et al, 2008), to developing 'creative thinking' (Chan, 2013) all of which are relatively predictable but positive additions to student learning.…”

Section: Using the Arts In Nurse Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…McKie et al (2008) discuss the importance of choosing the 'art' form to ensure an appropriate emotional response is elicited to help students understand the range of human experience. This may be possible in situations where there is latitude to incorporate dedicated arts based modules as a continuum in curricula and where the teaching team is large enough to facilitate exposure to a range of artistic media but this may not be practical in many nurse education settings due to a lack of resources.…”

Section: Using the Arts In Nurse Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reflections on the use of poetry in nurse education: Speaking a credible language of care

Hahessy

2016

Nurse Education in Practice

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“…Literature and poetry are being increasingly used as learning resources in professional health care educational curricula (McKie & Gass 2001;Tschudin, 2003;McAteer & Murray, 2003;McKie et al 2008). Less attention has, however, been given to specific ways in which engagement with these resources might enhance health care professionals' understanding of the experience of service users, carers and of their own practice with a view to improving health and social care practice.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%