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Aesthetic Expression as a Means to Nurture "Self" in a Basic Nursing Care Practicum
Feni Betriana1, Chantra Promnoi, Kittikorn Nilmanat
1About the Authors The authors are faculty at Faculty of Nursing, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand. Feni Betriana, PhD, RN, is a lecturer. Chantra Promnoi, PhD, RN, is an assistant professor. Kittikorn Nilmanat, PhD, RN, is an associate professor. For more information, contact Dr. Betriana at feni.b@psu.ac.th .
Abstract:
Nursing students develop their professional "self" through clinical placement experiences. Aesthetic expression can be used as a means to reflect students' personal knowing and to convey self as nurtured during their clinical journey. In a postconference session of the Basic Nursing Care Practicum course, six students were asked to draw pictures reflecting their clinical experience and then share their stories. It appeared that nursing students learned the meaning of nursing and caring, and through these meanings, their actual self as nurses was also developed.
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