title: Looking Is Not Seeing and Listening Is Not Hearing: A Replication Study With Accelerated BSN Students.
abstract: Development of perceptual aptitude is a critical yet complex skill that requires the effective organization and interpretation of data using visual and auditory clinical observation. Educators face challenges in creating pedagogy that consistently demonstrates reliability and validity in fostering clinical skills. We have dependably used the arts as a means to improve students' auditory and visual skills, and this article will describe replication of our work with accelerated nursing students in a bachelor's program in their last semester of nursing school (n=23). Our results reveal that auscultative and observational abilities of soon-to-be registered nurses are in need of improvement. The use of art in a museum improves observational and assessment abilities, and music training increases auscultative interpretive skills significantly.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Yale University School of Nursing, West Haven, CT.. Electronic address: linda.honan@yale.edu.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Honan
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles, CA, 90007.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shealy
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199.
authors.forename: Kristopher
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fennie
authors.affiliation: Professor of Music, School of Music, Yale University, P. O. Box 209048, New Haven, CT, 06520-9048.
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Duffy
authors.affiliation: Curator of Education, Yale Center for British Art, P.O. Box 208280, New Haven, CT, 06520.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Friedlaender
authors.affiliation: MSN Candidate, Yale School of Nursing, Orange, CT, 06477.
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Del Vecchio
keywords: Art; Music pedagogy; Nursing education