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Developing practice through the professional imagination.

Richard Winter1, Kathryn Hungerford, Claire Paget

  • 1School of Community Health and Social Studies, Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge. richardwinter@wtree.u-net.com

British Journal of Community Nursing
|September 15, 2004
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Community nurses can gain practical insights into their practice by writing fictional accounts from a service user

Area of Science:

  • Nursing Education
  • Qualitative Research
  • Healthcare Professional Development

Background:

  • Integrating service user perspectives is crucial for effective community nurse education.
  • Traditional methods may not fully capture the nuanced reality of patient experience.
  • The
  • patchwork text
  • assignment format was explored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how fictional writing by community nurses can enhance the incorporation of service user perspectives in professional education.
  • To investigate the educational value of imaginative exercises in nursing practice.

Main Methods:

  • Community nurses on a professional degree course were encouraged to write fictional accounts from a service user's viewpoint.

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  • The
  • patchwork text
  • assignment format was utilized.
  • Nurses' commentaries on their fictional scenarios were analyzed.

    • Main Results:

    • Fictional accounts provided unique insights into professional issues.
    • Commentaries on imagined scenarios led to practical critiques of actual nursing practice.
    • This imaginative exercise offered an unexpected dimension to professional education.

    Conclusions:

    • Writing fiction from a service user's perspective is a valuable tool for community nurse education.
    • This method facilitates a precise and practical critique of nursing practice.
    • The educational potential of creative writing in healthcare professional development is significant.