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The drama of nursing
1Faculty of Nursing, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.
Journal of Advanced Nursing
|August 1, 1992
Summary
Nursing can be viewed as an aesthetic praxis, a form of dramatic performance. This perspective highlights nursing
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Philosophy
- Sociology
Background:
- Nursing practice is often viewed through a clinical lens.
- Sociological and philosophical concepts can offer new perspectives on nursing.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore nursing as a form of aesthetic praxis.
- To apply concepts of dramaturgy and theatre to nursing practice.
- To connect nursing praxis with critical social theory and emancipatory potential.
Main Methods:
- Drawing on Erving Goffman's dramaturgy and Elizabeth Burns' theatre concepts.
- Relating dramatic performance to praxis theories from Hannah Arendt and critical social theorists.
Main Results:
- Nursing can be conceptualized as a dramatic performance.
- A critical theory of dramatic praxis introduces a normative dimension to performance.
- Performance can be self-realizing and emancipatory, aspiring to aesthetic praxis.
Conclusions:
- Nursing practice can be a powerful form of self-expression.
- This aesthetic praxis has the potential to be liberating for both nurses and patients.
- Rethinking nursing through aesthetic and dramatic lenses offers new insights into its liberating potential.
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