
Reimagining the future of nursing through the arts and performance
For healthcare providers, by healthcare providers
The Clinic
Founded in 2017 by nurse and artist Tara Rynders, The Clinic combines arts, music, movement and caring science to create immersive experiences and workshops for health care professionals. The Clinic supports self-compassion, self-care and raises awareness around the detrimental effects of compassion fatigue, burnout and secondary traumatic stress.

98%
Hospital nurses said their work is physically and mentally demanding
85%
Noted that their nursing jobs make them fatigued overall
44%
Worry that their patient care will suffer because they (the nurses) are tired
41%
Have considered changing hospitals due to burnout
63%
Reported that their work has caused nurse burnout

Susan Ryan, MD
Emergency Department, Rose Medical Center
Denver, CO
It spoke to the decades I have spent witnessing the grief of others, and captured compassion fatigue we are all vulnerable to feeling.
Katie Jenson, RN
Telemetry Unit, Rose Medical Center
Denver, CO
This is a workshop for nurses by nurses and that is one of the most important aspects of it.
Gabby Mundie, RN PACU
The Medical Center of Aurora
Aurora, CO
Seeing other people struggle with the same things I struggle with...built a camaraderie around the fact that nobody is going through it alone.

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Featured Projects

A Nurse is Calling
Coming Fall 2021
A look at burnout, grief and our roles in upholding racism at the bedside.

Resiliency Moments
Happening now in hospitals nation-wide
One artist and one healthcare worker come together for a moment of artistic care.
Artists pictured above: C. Meranda Fuchs-Surmanek, Kelly Greenlight, Lia Bonfilio, Abby Ahmad, Son Chung

Partnership with the Oncology Nursing Foundation
April 28, 2022 - April 29, 2022
The Clinic is presenting at the 2022 Oncology Nursing Society Congress on our pilot of monthly virtual gatherings for five regional chapters.