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Using Poetry to Discover and Share Significant Meanings in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Nursing
Author(s) -
Raingruber Bonnie
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2004.00013.x
Subject(s) - poetry , feeling , reading (process) , psychology , mental health , nursing , medicine , psychotherapist , literature , social psychology , art , linguistics , philosophy
TOPIC Does writing and reading poetry help nurse‐therapists, students, and clients reflect on significant meanings and gain a greater understanding of intense clinical situations? PURPOSE To describe the use of poetry in managing intense feelings, discuss the relevant literature, articulate how students and clients responded to the use of poetry, and address the limitations of such an approach. SOURCES Published literature, clinical expertise, and poems written by the author. CONCLUSIONS Writing and reading poetry helps clinicians, students, and clients give voice to situations that touch their hearts. Poetry and literature should be used more extensively in clinical and educational settings.