Holistic Nursing Paper

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Holistic Nursing A holistic nurse is a nurse who recognizes and integrates body-mind-emotion-spirit-environment principles and modalities in daily life and clinical practice, creates a caring healing space within his or herself that allows the nurse to be an instrument of healing" (Dossey & Keegan, 2008, p49). A holistic nurse will assist the patient and family during the recovery from illness or transition to death. A holistic nurse will provide a peaceful environment that removes the barriers to the healing process and helps the patient's grow personally. This paper will discuss two perspectives that a nursing professional may have, "getting the job done" and "holding sacred space". "Getting the
The nurse entered the patient's room without knocking, then proceeded to grab the blood pressure cuff and take a blood pressure, then the pulse and respirations, and pulse oximetry. Other than saying that she was there to take the vital signs, she did not speak a word to the patient. When she was done taking the vital signs, she simply left the room without another word. This nurse completed a necessary task of being a nurse; however, did not focus on anything other than that task. During this interaction with the patient, this nurse did not have a connection between herself and the patient. She did not allow an increase in energy, coherence, and creativity for the patient. She did not offer any chance for personal growth and recovery for this
While I have not observed a direct example of this myself during my clinical experiences, I did observe this when one of my friends was in the hospital. She was in the hospital for heart arrhythmias and abdominal pain. After many tests, the physician was able to determine that she had a bad gallbladder and had to have surgery. Shortly after the physician left the room, the nurse went into the room and asked the patient if she wanted to talk about anything and if there was anything that she could get the patient to help her relax. Even though the patient just asked for some sherbet, the nurse also contacted the doctor to ask if she could consult the massage therapist that was offered by the hospital. The physician agreed and the massage therapist came to see the patient. The massage helped to decrease the patient's anxiety and helped her be able to relax and deal with the stress of the illness that was occurring. This nurse showed that she cared about the patient and that she was not simply there to complete a