Holistic health care: Patients' experiences of health care provided by an Advanced Practice Nurse

Holistic health care: Patients' experiences of health care provided by an Advanced Practice Nurse

INTRODUCTION Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) is a fairly new role in the Swedish health care system. AIM To describe patients' experiences of health care provided by an APN in primary health care. METHODS An inductive, descriptive qualitative approach with qualitative open-ended interviews was chosen to obtain descriptions from 10 participants regarding their experiences of health care provid...

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Student Perceptions of Rural Health: Gaining Interest in Rural Health Care

The number of rural health care providers is insufficient to meet the nation's needs, since it is difficult to attract and retain providers (Chamberlain, 2011; Ross, 2013). Rural residents experience multiple health disparities including economic constraints, cultural and educational differences, and isolation, which restrict a healthy life (Winters & Lee, 2013). Nurse Practitioners (NPs) are a...

Holistic health care?

Holistic Health Care

What is it, and how can we achieve it? Summary This paper develops a systematic and logically consistent model of holistic healthcare. Holism refers to an approach to health which acknowledges that health depends upon many interrelated components which interact in such a way that the overall effect constitutes health (or illness). The current understanding of illness is, in contrast, linear and...

Alternative Health for Holistic Care

Health care reforms, including health insurance reform and universal coverage, are being driven by the people in Thailand to decrease costs, enhance quality, and expand access. Alternative health indicates, not only cost effectiveness, but also high quality of care. It is a fully-integrated holistic care which is composed of body, mind, and spirit. The best approach is the softest and gentlest ...