Making Art with Intention
Making Art with Intention
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Author: Patty Magee
Arts in health care is well published; but not as revealed and implemented through the eyes of nursing theory, leading to successful outcome of one individual nurse.
Demonstrating how one theory-guided nurse can boldly implement and advance human caring and healing through Watsons Theory of Human Caring; in turn this work serves as a professional practice model for mature caring practices.
Explicating nursing theory -guided, use of art and artistry with patients to create caring-healing environments and outcomes. Making Art with Intention as a theory-guided Caring-Healing modality, is a book born from collected field notes of a nursing practice inspired by Watson's Theory of Human Caring and Ten Caritas Processes®.
The handbook is divided into three major themes: Reflection, Education, and Instruction. The goals of writing the book are to inform, expand, and modify practices in healthcare to a vocation where humanity is primary; offering creative, intellectual and concrete experiential practices of art as caring/healing for self/other.
Topics of the book include the introduction of the Ten Caritas Processes® with examples of first-hand experiences that define each process with patient stories. The documentations in the book expand a decade of Caritas experiences including the creation of a Hospital Caring Arts Program; Organizational charts; Planning events; and Creative activities for patients, and all individuals surrounding the patient.
The arthur, Patty, is truly a beautiful person. She’s patient, kind and incredibly talented. I’m super lucky she walked into our lives.
In this book, you will hear the stories of patients and caregivers for whom art opened a window to their souls and their need to be heard and to be healed .
While “Making Art With Intention” primarily speaks to the clinical community, I found it immensely profound as a retired non-healthcare professional who has found art to be both healing and stimulating. The author opens the door to a unique connection between art and nursing, providing a clear and persuasive peek into a future where the two coalesce to provide caring and healing on a deeper level. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to understand this connection better for themselves or their profession.