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As a counterpoint to the prevailing, stereotypical photographic representation of the nursing profession as well as the simultaneous invisibility of nursing science, „Nursing science goes visual“ develops alternative, constructive visual narratives through interdisciplinary exchange between nursing scientists, nursing practitioners, and visual media experts.

Nursing science is the only academic discipline dedicated to researching the support of basic human needs and activities of daily living. Following the diverse nursing science research fields accessible at Charité Berlin, this collaboration results in photojournalistic images combined with audio recordings of interviews with nursing experts about those images.

This approach allows viewers to reconsider the supposedly mundane and to gain deeper insights on nursing expertise which otherwise can be hard to portray, supporting the visibility of the true potential of nurses, who constitute the largest professional group in Germany. The audience also acquires a new understanding of scientific work that considers the individual and its health as a whole, as opposed to the tendency in science to zoom in on a micro level.

The combined media is presented in an exhibition on Charité Campus, accessible for scientists and practitioners as well as patients, relatives and external interested parties.