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Ecospirituality. A pattern that connects
1College of Allied Health and Nursing, Minnesota State University-Mankato, USA.
Summary
This study explores ecospiritual consciousness in holistic nurses, revealing key essences like tending, dwelling, reverence, and connectedness. It highlights the deep human-environment spiritual bond.
Area of Science:
- Holistic Nursing
- Environmental Psychology
- Ecology
Background:
- Ecospirituality signifies a profound spiritual connection between humans and the environment.
- It involves an embodied awareness of life and a relational perspective linking personal and planetary well-being.
Purpose of the Study:
- To appraise patterns in the human-environmental mutual process and change.
- To examine the essence of lived ecospiritual consciousness among holistic nurses.
Main Methods:
- Phenomenological study utilizing the focus group method.
- Involved 36 volunteer registrants from the American Holistic Nurses' Association Certificate Program in Holistic Nursing.
- Data collected from four focus groups.
Main Results:
- Identified core essences of ecospiritual consciousness: tending, dwelling, reverence, connectedness, and sentence.
- These essences are inseparable components within the framework of ecospiritual consciousness.
- Findings contribute to understanding the lived experience of ecospiritual consciousness in holistic nursing.
Conclusions:
- Ecospirituality is a vital aspect of holistic nursing practice.
- The identified essences provide a framework for understanding the human-environment relationship.
- Further research can explore integrating ecospiritual principles into nursing care.