The Therapeutic Use of Self in Health Care bstract The world of health care is ever changing and evolving. Not only has technology become more advanced, so has healthcare itself. The way we treat a patient may depend on our personal beliefs and values. Nurses walk between two worlds, the material world of a scientist and the creative world of an artist (Koerner, 2011, ). Most health care workers begin their journey knowing they want to make a difference in others lives. When we take our first steps into becoming a health care professional we quickly learn that our knowledge can be tested. Not many people are prepared to walk into a patients room who has been in a terrible accident and is deemed brain dead or will have a very minimal life once physically stable. I...