Innovative Art Therapy Activities Used by Undergraduate Student Nurses with Mental Health Patients

Robyn Rice; Joyce Hunter; Ann Raithel; Robin Kirschner

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Innovative Art Therapy Activities Used by Undergraduate Student Nurses with Mental Health Patients

Robyn Rice, Joyce Hunter, Ann Raithel, Robin Kirschner

Published in American Journal of Nursing Science (Volume 7, Issue 4)

Received: 15 May 2018 Accepted: 7 June 2018 Published: 5 July 2018

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The purpose of this paper is to describe specific art therapy activities that student nurses may use as intentional communication tools when interacting with mental health patients in the clinical setting. The suggested art therapy activities in this paper reflect a review of the evidence as well as over 30 years of nursing faculty field experience in the mental health clinical setting. Student nurses can use basic coloring or drawing activities to enhance communication with mental health patients. For purposes of this discussion, art therapy is defined as the usage of crayons, coloring, paper, and drawing.

Published in	American Journal of Nursing Science (Volume 7, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajns.20180704.16
Page(s)	147-151
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Art Therapy, Mental Health Nursing, Student Nurses, Therapeutic Communication

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Robyn Rice, Joyce Hunter, Ann Raithel, Robin Kirschner. (2018). Innovative Art Therapy Activities Used by Undergraduate Student Nurses with Mental Health Patients. American Journal of Nursing Science, 7(4), 147-151. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajns.20180704.16

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Robyn Rice; Joyce Hunter; Ann Raithel; Robin Kirschner. Innovative Art Therapy Activities Used by Undergraduate Student Nurses with Mental Health Patients. Am. J. Nurs. Sci. 2018, 7(4), 147-151. doi: 10.11648/j.ajns.20180704.16

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Robyn Rice, Joyce Hunter, Ann Raithel, Robin Kirschner. Innovative Art Therapy Activities Used by Undergraduate Student Nurses with Mental Health Patients. Am J Nurs Sci. 2018;7(4):147-151. doi: 10.11648/j.ajns.20180704.16

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Robyn Rice

Chamberlain College of Nursing, Downers Grove, Illinois, United States
Joyce Hunter

Chamberlain College of Nursing, Downers Grove, Illinois, United States
Ann Raithel

Chamberlain College of Nursing, Downers Grove, Illinois, United States
Robin Kirschner

Chamberlain College of Nursing, Downers Grove, Illinois, United States

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Robyn Rice; Joyce Hunter; Ann Raithel; Robin Kirschner. Innovative Art Therapy Activities Used by Undergraduate Student Nurses with Mental Health Patients. Am. J. Nurs. Sci. 2018, 7(4), 147-151. doi: 10.11648/j.ajns.20180704.16

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Robyn Rice, Joyce Hunter, Ann Raithel, Robin Kirschner. Innovative Art Therapy Activities Used by Undergraduate Student Nurses with Mental Health Patients. Am J Nurs Sci. 2018;7(4):147-151. doi: 10.11648/j.ajns.20180704.16

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