title: Creativity and spirituality in nursing: implementing art in healing.
abstract: Creative modalities offer nurses a new perspective on how to care for patients. The link between creativity and healing is well documented. In response to this, many hospitals have instituted programs that include arts and creativity. Because of their unique bonds with patients, nurses play a crucial role in bringing creative arts into patient care. Several recommendations are given for implementing specific art media (eg, music, drawing, dance, writing) in the clinical setting.
authors.affiliation: Center for Art and Healing, Education, and Research and the Center of Spirtuality and Healthcare, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32610, USA. mlane@nursing.ufl.edu
authors.forename: Mary Rockwood
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Lane
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001155:Art Therapy; D003405:Creativity; D003614:Dance Therapy; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009147:Music Therapy; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D011603:Psychophysiology; D026421:Sensory Art Therapies / Q000451:nursing* / Q000592:standards; D029181:Spirituality