Understanding the Meaning of Happiness Expressed by Nursing Students through Collage Art Works: A Content Analysis
간호학생이 소그룹 콜라지 작업을 통해 구성한 행복의 의미

Kae-Hwa Jo, Yeong-Kyeong Kim
2010 The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education  
Purpose: This study aims to understand the meaning of happiness among undergraduate nursing students through small group art works. Method: A qualitative study design was utilized. Data were collected from the students' clinical experiences and were analyzed with qualitative content analysis. The texts were a collage and related essays written by 36 senior nursing students about the impressions on happiness through small grou p art works. Result: There were three categories and sixteen themes
more » ... assified. The three categories that emerged were definitions of happiness, feelings about happiness, and attitudes toward happiness. First category includes seven themes: hope, youth, balance, values, life, self-consciousness and companionship. Second category includes five themes: pleasantness, joy, preciousness, conflict, and disappointment. The third category includes four themes: doing something to be happy internally, doing comprehensive nursing care as a professional nurse, understanding that physical splendor isn't requirement for happiness, and letting everyday life be faithful. Conclusion: The results of this study may affect the students' major in human service area of understanding about the nursing students' genuine happiness or human flourishment.
doi:10.5977/jkasne.2010.16.1.061 fatcat:wxx5p23fvrhxnglnbcnlqfi7ny