Donna Frost

Chapter 6 198 Figure 6 . 9 RN & NP descriptions of being committed to the ideal and a painting of ‘not giving up’ (NPI-Mtg 8 -Photo 014 ). As the remarks in Figure 6 . 9 indicate, practising with professional artistry means not becoming discouraged by paths that turn out differently than expected. Practice problems are often complex and inquirymembers discussed how the development of professional artistry helped us to ‘cope’ with ‘seeing’ more of the complexity. Integral to this pattern of engagement, irrespective of the level of complexity, is maintaining the commitment to the other, to maintaining the safe sheltered space, to working together so that the patient, resident or family member is better able to cope or to take action or to be or become. As described previously, working with where the other was at while not losing sight of where they were trying to get to. When a child is learning to walk, or someone is learning to ride a bike, falling down is part of the process, so you can’t be scared of that, it gives us information, helps us refine what we are doing. And if you look at it like that further, learning to stand, or to use the gears, is not for its own sake, it is a step on the way to walking, or something you need to do to be able to ride the bike. So we have to help patients to walk, run, or ride the bike, so that they can figure out what they are doing, what needs to be done. (AafjeNPI-CRC- 20140830 -pp 11 - 12 )