title: Facial expressions in paintings as perceived by the student nurse.
abstract: The aim of the study was to develop an educational tool consisting of selections of paintings in order to complement theoretical knowledge regarding non-verbal communication. Another aim was to investigate students' opinions of the educational tool. A visual art programme which introduced student nurses to varying facial expressions in art reproductions was developed as a complement to textbooks on nonverbal communication. Participants were student nurses from two nursing schools in Sweden. Data were collected over a period of two years (1998-2000) in the second year of the 3-year undergraduate programme. Participants were able to infer whether a positive or negative message had been given to the depicted person. Participants' evaluations of the programme were expressed in positive terms.
authors.affiliation: University College of Health Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Britt-Maj
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Wikström
authors.forename: Gunilla
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Svidén
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D009633:Nonverbal Communication / Q000523:psychology*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D012938:Social Perception; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013548:Sweden