Date of Award
1994
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Appleton, Cathy
Abstract
This research explored a nurse's experience of creating visual art with patients in clinical settings. The question guiding the study was: What is the experience of creating visual art for a nurse? The aim of this descriptive study was to discover what is the nature of the experience of creating visual art as an aspect of nursing care from a nurse's perspective. Using van Manen's phenomenological approach, a description of the experience of creating visual art with patients occurred. Five essential themes emerged and express this experience. The unity of meaning for the experience is portrayed as A Healing Portrait of the Soul's Journey in Compassionate, Cocreative Relationships of Openness, Human Connectedness and Transformation. Implications for nursing inquiry, practice, and education are discussed.
Extent
108 p.
Recommended Citation
Howell, Julia Ann, "Creating a healing portrait of the soul's journey: A description of spiritually emergent nursing" (1994). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 563.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/563
Identifier
FADT15034
Comments
Thesis (M.S.N.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1994.|Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.N.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1994.