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Teaching resilience and vulnerability to nursing students using films: A qualitative study
Alessio Conti1, Marco Clari2, Francesca Carignano3
1RN, PhD, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino Hospital, Italy.
Films and expert patients enhance nursing education by improving student understanding of vulnerability and resilience. This innovative approach helps new nurses develop essential coping strategies and emotional knowledge for patient care.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Education
- Nursing Education
- Qualitative Research
Background:
- Limited tradition of film use in healthcare education.
- Understanding vulnerability and resilience is crucial for nursing.
- Developing innovative educational strategies is ongoing.
Purpose of the Study:
- Explore the impact of films combined with expert patients on nursing education.
- Investigate how this approach influences learning about vulnerability and resilience.
- Enhance the teaching of complex concepts in nursing.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative descriptive study.
- Content analysis of reflective writings from eight bachelor's degree nursing students.
- Focus on first-semester, second-year students.
Main Results:
- Theme 1: Facing vulnerability through resilience (active coping, burden of vulnerability, resilience as a new beginning).
- Theme 2: Student perspectives on caring for vulnerable people (awkwardness, collaborative coping).
Conclusions:
- Films and expert patients improve learning for new nursing students.
- Innovative strategies simplify complex concepts and foster student-educator connection.
- Emotionally resonant educational strategies are key to enduring emotional knowledge in nursing.
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