Aestetic Nursing

Aestetic knowing in nursing involves deep appreciation of the meaning of a situation and calls forth inner creative resources that transform experience into what is not yet real, bringing to reality something that would not otherwise be possible (Chinn & Kramer, 2004, pp. 6)

Aestetical knowing is experiential, often non-verbal and shared by a nurse and the client.

Aesthetic knowing can be expressed in art form, poetry, story telling, or photography. The nurse while performing her daily nursing duties is also creating art. movements carried out while making a bed, performing a dressing change, or simpley holding a patient's hand express a multitude of meanings to the patient. With thanks a patient reminds us that " quiet acts of humanity have more healing than the high-dose radiation and chemotherapy thar holds the hope of cure (Gramblin, 2004, p. 388).