title: Advanced practice nursing in performing arts health care.
abstract: Performing arts medicine is a growing health care profession specializing in the needs of performing artists. As part of the performing arts venue, the dancer, a combination of athlete and artist, presents with unique health care needs requiring a more collaborative and holistic health care program. Currently there are relatively few advanced practice nurses (APNs) who specialize in performing arts health care. APNs, with focus on collaborative and holistic health care, are ideally suited to join other health care professionals in developing and implementing comprehensive health care programs for the performing artist. This article focuses on the dancer as the client in an APN practice that specializes in performing arts health care.
authors.affiliation: La Santé et la Danse, Inc., Performing Arts Health Center, Colorado Springs, CO, USA. rhythmandmews@comcast.net
authors.forename: Anna T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Weslin
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Silva-Smith
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003120:Colorado; D003615:Dancing / Q000193:education / Q000293:injuries / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006694:Holistic Health; D018939:Holistic Nursing; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009752:Nutritional Status; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses' / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013178:Sports Medicine; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control