ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 1999 Jun;21(4):48-63.
Toward an understanding of art in nursing.
LeVasseur JJ.
Nursing, Quinnipiac College, Hamden, Connecticut, USA.
The art of nursing is a term on which there is little
definitional agreement. Nursing includes both artistic and
scientific traditions; at times, the balance between these two
approaches is an uneasy one. An examination of aesthetics offers
a perspective to ground practice in nursing art through John
Dewey's philosophy of art as experience. Differences and
similarities between science, art, and craft are examined.
Nursing art is defined as helping patients create coherence in
lives threatened by illness and change.
Publication Types: Review Review, Tutorial
PMID: 10385472 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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