Issues in mental health nursing
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Issues Ment Health Nurs · Jun 2004
Disconfirming beliefs: the use of poetry to know the lived experience of student nurses in mental health clinicals.
An aesthetic pattern of knowing involves moving beyond classifications and knowing the whole individual. Students are taught to provide holistic care to patients, but instructors evaluate students primarily from a scientific, empirical perspective. ⋯ Five themes and one consistent pattern were identified. Insights and implications of student poetry writing are explored.