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Understanding How Nursing Students Experience Becoming Relational Practitioners: A Narrative Inquiry
Louela Manankil-Rankin1, Jasna K Schwind2, Sophia Aksenchuk2
1Scholar Practitioner Program, School of Nursing, Nipissing University, Toronto, Ontario.
Summary
Creative self-expression helps nursing students develop relational practice skills and professional identity. This approach fosters holistic, person-centered care in novice nurses, enhancing their capacity for collaborative leadership and service.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Relational Practice Theory
- Creative Arts in Healthcare
Background:
- Developing relational practice in nursing students necessitates theoretical approaches fostering personal and aesthetic knowing.
- Creative self-expression is a viable strategy to enhance students' capacity for relational practice.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the impact of creative self-expression activities on nursing students' professional identity construction.
- To assess how these activities influence novice nurses' capacity for relational practice.
Main Methods:
- Employed narrative inquiry (Clandinin & Connelly) to study nursing students' experiences.
- Utilized a follow-up focus group with new nurse graduates applying Schwind's narrative reflective process.
Main Results:
- Identified two key narrative patterns: 'being in service of others' and 'being knowledgeable collaborative leaders'.
- Creative approaches heightened awareness, leading to transformation and emphasizing co-constructed relational space in patient interactions.
Conclusions:
- Holistic nursing education requires integrating creative self-expression for developing relational, person-centered practitioners.
- This approach supports the development of essential qualities for effective and compassionate nursing care.
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