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Healing: the journey from concept to nursing practice
1Office of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA. dmcellig@nshs.edu
Summary
Healing is a subjective, transformative process of achieving wholeness, often involving spiritual transcendence. Nurses and patients, through beliefs and innate abilities, can facilitate this nursing tenet.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Holistic Health
- Patient Experience
Background:
- Existing definitions of healing lack comprehensive analysis within nursing practice.
- The concept of healing requires further exploration to enhance patient care.
Discussion:
- Healing is a subjective, unpredictable process of transformation toward wholeness.
- It involves spiritual transcendence and life reinterpretation.
- Nurses' transpersonal caring and patients' beliefs/innate abilities influence healing.
Key Insights:
- Theoretical definition: Healing is a positive, subjective, unpredictable process involving transformation to a new sense of wholeness, spiritual transcendence, and reinterpretation of life.
- Operational definition: Healing is the personal experience of transcending suffering and transforming to wholeness.
- Nurses and patients play active roles in mediating the healing process.
Outlook:
- Further analysis of healing is crucial for nurses and patients, especially in the context of the International Year of the Nurse and global health initiatives.
- Understanding healing enhances the core tenets of nursing practice.
- Exploring patient beliefs and innate healing capacities can improve care outcomes.
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