Clown Therapy Case Study

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Teaching nursing students to be sensitive, and possess competent therapeutic communication skills, has proven to be an ongoing challenge for nursing instructors. Traditionally nursing students are taught therapeutic communication skills focusing on adult and elder care scenarios. However, when nursing students are confronted with pediatric patients they report feeling overwhelmed and unable to effectively communicate therapeutically with their existing knowledge base, according to Leef and Hallas (2013) Therapeutic communication is the foundation to establishing an effective nurse-patient relationship. Clown Therapy Clown Care has existed in certain pediatric hospitals for the last 25 years. . The practice of clown therapy focuses on the

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