“On Butterflies Wings Founder, Erin Prendergast, RN, together with Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas co-workers…Susan Mericle, Art Therapist and Bonnie Kobilansky, Nurse Practitioner held the first On Butterflies Wings/Flower Power – Team Building Event! It was a huge success and brought elements of COMPASSION, TEAMWORK & HOPE which continues to follow the mission of On Butterflies Wings!
Teaming with Texas Tech nursing students and UTD students studying in a pre-med PACT program, the program focused on developing team building, communication skills and a compassionate approach to problem solving that they will utilize with patients and their interdisciplinary team members when they begin working in healthcare. These paintings will become a “traveling” exhibit and represent the power of team collaboration, creative ways of working together and inspire new ways of problem solving for our next generation of healthcare providers. The exhibit will include a photo collage and quotes from the students about what they learned from the event. A strong message of HOPE and COMPASSION is reflected in the paintings as it was utilized throughout the workshop in ways that the students could see how important nurses and doctors are in the healing process.”