title: Poetry and the art of nursing.
abstract: This article explores the concept that nursing and poetry are art forms, demonstrates the similarities between poetry and nursing, and proposes that appreciation of each of these art forms enhances the pleasures to be found in both.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Maggie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kramper
authors.forename: Stan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thawley
mesh_terms: D001154:Art; D003142:Communication; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D008568:Memory; D009729:Nursing / Q000379:methods; D010038:Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases / Q000451:nursing; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011037:Poetry as Topic; D012660:Semantics; D013041:Specialties, Nursing