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Holisitic nursing: taking your practice to the next level.
1Holistic Nursing Consultants, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. bdossey@ix.netcom.com
The Nursing Clinics of North America
|May 9, 2001
Summary
Holistic nursing aims to improve whole-person healing throughout life. The American Holistic Nursing Association (AHNA) Standards of Practice guide nurses in reducing illness effects and promoting healing through integrated, interdisciplinary approaches.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Science
- Integrative Health
- Patient-Centered Care
Background:
- Holistic nursing focuses on comprehensive healing from birth to death.
- Traditional nursing often addresses illness rather than holistic well-being.
- There is a need for standardized guidelines in holistic nursing practice.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce and explain the new American Holistic Nursing Association's (AHNA) Standards of Holistic Nursing Practice.
- To describe the scope and expected level of care within holistic nursing.
- To highlight how these standards can mitigate the impact of illness and crisis.
Main Methods:
- Review and analysis of the AHNA Standards of Holistic Nursing Practice.
- Conceptualization of holistic nursing within the framework of interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Exploration of how integrating diverse perspectives shifts the understanding of health.
Main Results:
- The AHNA Standards provide a defined framework for holistic nursing practice.
- Adherence to these standards empowers nurses to reduce the adverse effects of health crises.
- Interdisciplinary integration fosters a novel understanding of the patient's narrative and health journey.
Conclusions:
- The AHNA Standards of Practice are essential for achieving holistic nursing goals.
- Nurses integrating interdisciplinary approaches can significantly enhance patient healing.
- Holistic nursing redefines health as a domain of healing, encompassing the entire person.