Using literature and the arts to teach nursing.
Faculty consistently build on the basic sciences of the pre-nursing curriculum to teach nursing content. They less frequently build on a literature and arts foundation. Both medical and nursing literature contain numerous, specific examples of how literature and arts can be used in courses. This paper provides a rationale for using literature and the arts to teach nursing, an overview of use and research findings from a review of the literature, and a table illustrating how faculty select teaching strategies incorporating literature and the arts.
University of Louisville, KY, USA. linda.freeman@louisville.edu
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D001154:Art; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D008091:Literature; D011361:Professional Competence; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013664:Teaching Materials