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The Call to Serve: Storying the Art of Theory Based Nursing Practice
1Author Affiliations: Director of Special Projects, School of Nursing, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia (Dr Smith).
Abstract:
This paper showcases exhibits of the art of nursing through storying the call to serve that is grounded in nursing knowledge. Storying, a dimension of story theory, is defined as dialoging a meaningful unbounded happening in the integral nurse person relationship The exhibits represent storying the art of nursing with advanced practice and operating room practice. In the storying descriptions, the call to be truly present and serve one who was distressed, and suffering was lived with intentional dialogue about what mattered most to the person. The exhibits represent nursing wisdom about attending to the call to serve and may be inspiring and enlightening to others. Implications based on the exhibits for holistic nursing practice and education are offered.
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