The art of nursing is a boundary on which there is little definitional agreement. Nursing includes as well-as; not only-but also; not only-but; not alone-but artistic and scientific traditions; at times, the balance between these brace approaches is an uneasy undivided An examination of aesthetics presents a perspective to ground practice in nursing art end John Dewey's philosophy of art as experience. Differences and similarities between science, art, and craft are examined. Nursing art is defined as helping patients create coherence in lives threatened from illness and change. Key words: art, craft, nursing, philosophy, theory
