Browse Items (28 total)

  • Collection: Visual Art and Nursing Student Collaboration: Portraying Chronic Illness in Aging Adults

Ask About Hypothyroidism screenshot.jpg
Artist statement: In this video, titled “Ask About Hypothyroidism”, I chose to animate a scene that portrays the signs and symptoms that people may typically experience if they have Hypothyroidism. The woman portrayed in the video is seen in a…

The Aftermath.jpeg
Artist statement: The intention of this piece is to make the viewer feel the aloneness and detachment from reality, while fighting a losing battle. The enlarged diagram of the pancreas is used to educate the mass with a visual of what it actually…

What Hypertension Looks Like_reduced.jpg
Artist statement: This piece is representing what it's like to live with hypertension, dealing with high blood pressure everyday. Having to take your blood pressure quite often, going to the doctor frequently. having a limited diet to maintain…

Copy of covidcore.png
Artist statement: Given the extensive list of symptoms associated with COVID-19, I decided to emphasize the respiratory and cardiac aspects. As I brainstormed potential designs, it became clear that the artwork must incorporate lungs and a nebulizer.…

Bladder Incontinence Front_reduced.png
Artist statement : "Bladder incontinence is a condition mainly seen in women. It is when the bladder muscles become too weak to hold the bladder. On the left inside the trifold you can see 4 different types of incontinence. Stressed, is where the…

One in Six_reduced.jpg
Artist statement: The primary purpose of the piece is to depict the one in six stroke statistics. The silhouette in the back is supposed to be representative of how the images of an angiogram. also within the composition a dividing line between him…

Copy of Nothing to be Ashamed of.png
Artist statement: Seborrheic Karatosis is an illness that tends to present itself in aging individuals. It causes skin lesions to grow on the surface of the epidermis, dark in color and rough in texture.Karatosis is benign, meaning it is not…

Osteoporosis_reduced.jpg
Artist statement:  I read that osteoporosis can start anywhere from age 35-50, so I chose to go with the low end of 35 for my starting stitches. I started with a single crochet stitch, the shortest one, as bones start out solid. After 15 stitches…

Copy of Unseen Joint Jolts.jpg
Artist statement: For my piece, The Unseen Joint Jolts, I wanted to highlight how with rheumatoid arthritis it makes it hard to do the most basic tasks. Like brushing your hair as shown in my piece. When I think of Unseen, I think of black lights…

The Dichotomy_reduced.jpg
Artist statement: The artwork created conveys the theme of COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) through some visual elements:Dark, Ominous Clouds: The sky in the painting is filled with dark clouds composed of written texts. These clouds…