NURSING CREATIVITY

Knowing that I was laboring over ''the words'' for some new note cards for Window on Nursing, a small company in which I am heavily invested , a friend passed along an article from the Washington Times that he t hought would interest me. It was titled ''Nourishing Creativity'' and described the strategies used by two major greeting card companies, Ha llmark and American Greetings, to keep their artists and writers happy and creative. Freedom to stare out the window watch television, flip through magazines, exercise during working hours, go on. retreats to a nearby farm-even company-sponsored trips overseas to soak up atmosphe re and culture-are some of them. But what really caught my attention w ere the regular three-month sabbaticals awarded to long-term employees to clear their heads and allow the sap of creativity to begin to flow freely again. During their sabbatical, employees apparently have the freedom to do whatever they want to restore their creative spirit.