Send in the clowns

Nurs Manag (Harrow). 2009 Jun;16(3):22-4. doi: 10.7748/nm.16.3.22.s25.

Abstract

Healthcare professionals are always seeking ways to improve their relationships with patients and, to this end, some senior hospital staff in the United States have asked a group of circus clowns to teach nurses how to introduce a sense of levity into hospital wards. This article is a review of the results.

MeSH terms

  • Attitude of Health Personnel*
  • Education, Nursing, Continuing / organization & administration
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Humans
  • Nurse's Role / psychology
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital* / education
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital* / psychology
  • Pediatric Nursing* / education
  • Pediatric Nursing* / organization & administration
  • United States
  • Wit and Humor as Topic* / psychology