B Y: E S M E R A L D A M U J A N I C , C H R I S T I N E N G U Y E N , A LY SS A PA I , A N D B R I E A N N A PA R K

ART PRESENTATION

HPNP BUILDING 1ST FLOOR - NRC

This artwork describes how Florence Nightingale is tending to the sick in Barracks Hospital in Scutari.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ● Nurse - A professional who works to maintain

and promote wellness. ● Environment- The surroundings of a nurse-

client encounter that can influence the experience/relationship between a nurse and client

● Client -individual or group of people receiving nursing care

● Health - The main goal of all nurses is to achieve overall health of individuals. Through “successful promotion, maintenance, or restoration of balance and harmony.”

Health

Conceptual Framework Interpretation

NURSE

Helps clients achieve their personal wellness goals and health status.

● Promotes a healthy lifestyle ● Restores wellness when illness is present.

○ Art and science○ Lifelong learning○ Educator ○ Patient advocate

NURSES IN OUR ART PIECE ● Florence Nightingale,

founder of modern nursing practice.

● Unprecedented attention to patients specific needs

● Nurses dressed in neat, standardized uniforms.

● Performing various nursing duties, including:○ assessment ○ changing linen ○ therapeutic

interviewing

ENVIRONMENT ● A comfortable and inviting environment is

crucial when developing a strong rapport with a patient

● Factors that affect the environment quality:■ lighting ■ sound■ noise■ privacy ■ facial expressions/body language■ cleanliness/organization

ENVIRONMENT Light

❏ Illuminates the room❏ Warmth ❏ Helps set a happier mood❏ Symbol of hope and

serenity

Windows❏ Openness ❏ More light ❏ Symbol of opportunity

Cleanliness❏ Clean floors❏ Bedmaking❏ Uniforms❏ Organized collaboration

CLIENT ● May be an individual or

○ family○ population○ community

● Clients are viewed as○ holistic beings ○ self-determined○ able to make choices

● Open systems ○ interaction between environment and systems○ aspire to maintain order within life

CLIENT AND ART PIECE● Clients = soldiers● War is a debilitating

event, physically and mentally.

● Clients experience being in a state of order and stability in nurse’s care, physically, psychologically, and spiritually

As seen by:● Nightingale’s lamp● Nurse-client

interaction/relationship (arrow)

● Clean, organized environment

HEALTH

● Health is thought to be related to all aspects of the conceptual framework. In order to achieve health, the nurse, client, and the environment all play a part.

“Health is not only to be well, but to be able to use well every power we have.”

-Florence Nightingale

HEALTH & HOW THE ART PIECE RELATE

● Nurses portray professionalism○ Neat uniforms - shows cleanliness

● Environment is up to par ○ Good lighting (windows), tidy and clean bed sheets,

organized, ample privacy, etc. ● Clients seem positively affected by the nurses

and their environment ○ Excellent care provided as well as clients being compliant

By just the first 3 concepts that the artwork depicts, you are able to tell that the profession of nursing requires ALL resources to be used well

in order for health to be achieved.

INTEGRATION OF THE HUMANITIES INTO NURSING INFLUENCES THE ART AND

PRACTICE OF NURSING “Humanism encompasses a spirit of sincere concern for the centrality of human values...it

implies a sensitive, non-humiliating, empathetic way of helping…”

-Pelligrino (1979)

● Scientific prominence meshes with liberal/humanitarian studies for optimal care

● Humanities in nursing:○ Communication/active listening ○ Culture/ethics ○ Interdisciplinary collaboration ○ Reflection and experiential learning

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