HOLISTIC NURSING AND THE ADVANCED NURSE PRACTITIONER Lisa A. Davis, PhD, RN, NC-BC

Objectives You will be able to:  Describe the who, what, where, when, why and how of the practice of holistic nursing  Honor interconnectedness of self, others, and the environment  Identify the nurse practitioner as an instrument of healing  Practice and teach self-care  Promote environment of empowerment, peace, comfort and a subjective sense of harmony and well-being for the person

What is Holistic Nursing?  All nursing practice that has healing the whole person as its goal” (American Holistic Nurses’ Association, 1998, Description of Holistic Nursing).  Holistic nursing is a specialty practice that draws on nursing knowledge, theories, expertise and intuition to guide nurses in becoming therapeutic partners with people in their care.  This practice recognizes the totality of the human being - the interconnectedness of body, mind, emotion, spirit, social/cultural, relationship, context, and environment.

Both “Doing” and “Being”

Relationship-centered Care  Patient-practitioner  Understand the experience of  Develop and maintain caring relationship  Active listening and effective communication

Other relationships  Community- practitioner  Family, friends, organizations  Multiple contributors to health in the community  Identify restraints and barriers  Practitioner- practitioner  Diverse knowledge base  Collaboration  Understand and respect each other’s roles

Creating Optimal Healing Environments  Healing  Intention  Attention

Practice and Promote Self-care

Value all ways of knowing  Intuition  Empirical  Cultural  Aesthetic  Intention  Experience  Transpersonal  Sociopolitical  Unknowing

Integrative Practices  Healing modalities  Nutrition  Exercise and movement  Humor and play  Relaxation  Imagery  Intention  Touch therapies  Aromatherapy/herbal treatments  Art  Music  Nature

Hello I am:

Whose story are we?

Labeling vs understanding

Persistence vs Compliance

Wonder vs judgment

Healing vs curing

Co-creating vs directing

Active Listening and Therapeutic Silence  Listen another’s soul into being.

Balance

May I be at peace. May all beings be peaceful. May I be happy. May all beings be happy. May I be safe. May all beings be safe. May I be healed. May all beings be healed.

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