title: "Once upon a time": a discussion of children's picture books as a narrative educational tool for nursing students.
abstract: Narrative pedagogy influences many areas of nursing education, with emphasis on the co-constructing of narrative between students, educators, and clinicians. Little has been written about published children's literature as a basis for narrative discussion in nursing education. This article describes how narrative pedagogy already works within nursing education and explores features of children's picture books that give them value as a narrative educational tool for nursing students, providing stories that encourage self-understanding and deconstruct the multiple realities of narratives about the human condition.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand. josiec@tekotago.ac.nz
authors.forename: Josephine Mary
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Crawley
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D009229:Mythology; D033262:Narration; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D013664:Teaching Materials