title: Frances's story of nursing art: The most wonderful person in the world.
abstract: This story is the second in a series constructed from a study designed to describe how the art of nursing was perceived and understood by patients during a critical illness. Two in-depth interviews were conducted during the recovery phase of this person's illness to answer the question "When is nursing (considered) art?" The initial lead-in to the discussion was, "Tell me a story about a nursing situation that really stood out in your mind-one that was significant and meaningful," and, "What was the experience like for you?" The interviews were tape recorded, transcribed, condensed into a short story, and shared with the participant. The researcher also composed a "response" to the person's story that personally expressed what the story triggered for her. Undergraduate students were invited to reflect and respond to the "aesthetic face" of nursing from the perspective of a person who was nursed while critically ill. Two examples of student response are included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult and Child Nursing, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, College of Nursing, 285 Old Westport Road, N. Dartmouth, MA 02747, USA. KGramling@umassd.edu
authors.forename: Kathryn Louise
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Gramling
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D016638:Critical Illness; D004645:Empathy; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D013338:Students, Nursing