Apply for Art Funds-See process below

 

 

The Benefits of Art

• Stress release -  decreases Heart rate & respiration rate
• Causes psychological relaxation 
• Increase serotonium levels
• Meditation like effect causes calm
• It provides a window to feelings & thoughts that are not accessible through language.

We believe that many nurses participate in a creative process that allows them to transcend their professional stress and helps them to make meaning of the experiences they encounter as healers. 
We believe that self-care is part of leadership and the responsibility of all Registered Nurses.  

There is a reason why airline hostesses instruct people to put on their own oxygen masks first before helping others in emergency situations. In nursing, we need to have strategies in place that are akin to giving ourselves oxygen first. Having the privilege of caring for people in extreme grief and loss, suffering and death can be transformational, or emotionally draining, depending on how one processes these experiences. If these experiences are perceived as traumatic events that sometimes happen repeatedly, compounding the effects of the initial impact, the nurse’s health is at risk.

In order for nurses to maintain balance and meaning in their lives, nurses need time and a reflective process in place to unravel these experiences.

 

Step 1

Please read the criteria below to self select and start the application process

 

Criteria for Art by Nurses Art funds

 

·       I am applying for Art Funds to engage in art as a strategy to maintain balance and meaning in my life.

·       I will submit application form with my signature confirming I am a practicing RN, past RN or enrolled in an RN program.   

·       I will submit a letter of application addressed to The Art by Nurses advisory committee members describing how the funds will enhance my health and in turn create a healthier workplace for nurses.

·       If approved for art funds, I will submit the art course/art initiative bill to the founder of Art by Nurses, Lynda McLeod.  NOTE: after the payment has completed a copy of the art course receipt will be forwarded directly to the applicant.

·       After completing my art course and/or whatever art initiative I engaged in as a result of receiving money from the art fund, I will submit a testimonial (400-600 words) to be posted on the web site.  In the testimonial I will describe how the opportunity to access art as a strategy to maintain balance and meaning has impacted my practice as a registered Nurse and/or my personal life.  In recognition of funding, the support of the Art by Nurses will be acknowledged in all promotional materials.  Lynda Mcleod will provide successful applicants with the Art by Nurse's logo and usage guidelines.  

·       I may also consider acknowledging Art by Nurses for the art course funding when showing my art in the future.

·       I may also consider joining Art by Nurses at a reduced membership fee after completing my art course.

• ___I agree to all of the above criteria

Step 2

 

Please send an email with the following:

A) Applicants information:  name, address, email, phone number, proof of registration

B) Letter of application including a statement that you agree with the criteria listed above

 

TO: Lynda McLeod founder of the Art by Nurses Company to lynda@artbynurses.com Applications will be processed in the order received using the adjudication process below.

 

Application Deadline

Applications must be delivered or postmarked by:

January 15, 2010

April 15, 2010

September 15, 2010

 Note: if the deadline falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline becomes the next business day.

 

Step 3

Lynda McLeod will forward applications to the members of the Art by Nurses Advisory committee. This committee meets on a need to meet basis to discuss and approve applications.  We will use the  adjudication process (PDF)  as a guideline in order to determine whether an applicant needs can be met with the amount of money in the fund.  This process will be revised as the art fund grows.

 

Please fill out the form below with any questions you have about applying for Art by Nurses art fund.

Thank you for your interest in Art by Nurses.  

 

 

 

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