The Spirit of Holistic Nursing

A concept analysis of holistic nursing care in paediatric nursing.

Holistic nursing care is widely advocated and is espoused in the philosophy of the South African Nursing Council. This concept is unclear, variously interpreted and poorly understood in paediatric nursing. This study was undertaken to examine the meaning of holistic nursing care and to develop a framework for holistic nursing care, which can be utilised in nurse education settings and in clinic...

Body-mind-spirit. Attending to holistic care.

Holistic healing for women with breast cancer through a mind, body, and spirit self-empowerment program.

This article reports results of an integrated mind-body-spirit self-empowerment program for breast cancer survivors. Fifty-one women at various stages of breast cancer completed a series of eclectic lessons offered in a support group format. The program followed an integrated and cumulative lesson plan that progressively and systematically introduced multiple strategies for creating a balance a...

Energy Medicine: A Complimentary Modality in Nursing

From its inception, the science and art of medicine and nursing has focused upon the care of the entire human being Body, Mind, Spirit, and Emotions. The wisdom employed by nursing professionals has sought to understand the many ways in which to care for the human person. As defined by The American Holistic Nursing Association (AHNA), “Nursing encompasses a body of knowledge focusing on human h...

Building a caring client relationship and creating a quilt. A parallel and metaphorical process.

The process of designing a quilt became a metaphor of developing a caring relationship for a nursing student as she came to understand caring theory and its application to practice. A clinical experience combined with reflective journaling and aesthetic expression in the form of a quilt gave the student a way of understanding and concretizing a relationship. With quilts representing comfort, wa...