[...]... care expected from a holistic nurse These standards were developed as a result of a sophisticated research study on the professional knowledge, activities, and skills required to practice holistic nursing on a day-to-day basis Over a 3-year period, an AHNA Task Force gathered data from the professional literature; educational and clinical programs; academic, clinical, and research content experts; and... Social Transformation in Our Time, rev ed., pp 246–248, © 1987, J.P Tarcher practice professional nursing The AHNA description of holistic nursing and holism appears in Appendix 1 A 7 (See the Resource List at the end of this chapter for AHNA’s address.) Standards of Holistic Nursing Practice The AHNA Standards of Holistic Nursing Practice8 define and establish the scope of holistic practice and describe... two ways to integrate a natural systems view into your clinical practice • Determine if you use a bio-psychosocial-spiritual model to guide your clinical practice • Integrate the Standards of Holistic Nursing Practice established by the American Holistic Nurses’ Association (AHNA) into clinical practice, education, and research Source: Definitions ©2003 American Holistic Nurses’ Association (AHNA) Permission... references in teaching holistic nursing as well as in preparing for the AHNA’s holistic nursing certification examination The AHNA’s certification examination also originated in the blueprint of the Standards It provides a yardstick by which to measure and confirm that certain individuals are competent to practice holistic nursing as defined by the AHNA Nurses who pass the examination earn the distinction... Dossey, Meaning and Medicine: A Doctor’s Tales of Breakthrough and Healing (New York: Bantam Books, 1991) Chapter 1 Holistic Nursing Practice Barbara Montgomery Dossey and Cathie E Guzzetta • Integrate complementary and alternative therapies into clinical practice NURSE HEALER OBJECTIVES Theoretical Personal • Synthesize the concepts of natural systems theory • Compare and contrast the allopathic and holistic. .. practices It brings forth the beauty, art, and artistry of the human dimensions of holistic nursing, continually informed and deepened by the American Holistic Nurses’ Association, as well as the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association This intellectual and standardized foundational text expands the context and significance of the ethical, epistemological, and praxis dimensions It calls forth not only... prayer, meditation, healing rituals, cultural practices, and promoting environmental health and safety Holistic Caring Process: a circular process that involves six steps which may occur simultaneously These parts are assessment, patterns/challenges/needs, outcomes, therapeutic care plan, implementation, and evaluation Holistic Communication: a free flow of verbal and nonverbal interchange between and... In summary, this fourth edition provides a framework for all of nursing s caring— healing practices; it offers a guide for personal self-care within the holistic paradigm The result: a major work of excellence that grounds nursing in the current demands from within and without for reform, while generating new traditions and standards of personal and professional excellence and authenticity At another... Because of the physical and emotional devastation of September 11, 2001, the fear of biological weapons such as anthrax and smallpox, the global outbreak of SARS, and the need to be prepared for biological/ chemical terrorism, we all are being confronted with new challenges in nursing practice In this time of great national and international uncertainty, self-care and selfhealing are essential But how do... an ethical and moral foundation for transpersonal dimensions of caring and healing practices at all levels, in that it honors the wholeness of our Being and Becoming more human, humane, and spiritual in our evolution as both a profession and as an evolving humanity This work continues to guide this field of holistic nursing by offering an advanced orientation along with advanced knowl- edge and practices . 01776 978-443-5000 info@jbpub.com www.jbpub.com Jones and Bartlett Publishers Canada 2406 Nikanna Road Mississauga, ON L5C 2W6 CANADA Jones and Bartlett Publishers International Barb House, Barb Mews London W6 7PA UK Nursing is an art; and if. be made an art, it requires as exclusive a devotion, as hard a preparation, as any painter’s or sculptor’s work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or cold marble, compared with having. class="bi x0 y0 w0 h1" alt=""