Expressiveness and creativeness: metaphorical images of nursing.
Metaphors are a personal expression and form of self-awareness, providing a way of describing an experience with dissimilar concepts to convey meaning. Metaphors create new meaning and provide a deeper insight into the human spirit. They are grounded in reality and day-to-day life experiences. Reflective practitioners incorporate and integrate their vast knowledge base of experience, skills, and attitudes to assist in formulating their practice as a metaphor. It is through this experience and reflection that nurses can creatively express their images of self and nursing.
Hunter College of the City University of New York, NY, USA.
Leighsa
L
Sharoff
D003405:Creativity; D019365:Metaphor; D015399:Nursing Research; D009742:Nursing Theory