OVERVIEW

Holistic and Integrative Nursing: Elements of Practice is organized by Western Schools and will be held from Aug 14, 2018 - Aug 31, 2021. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 20.00 Contact Hours.

Course Description:
Holistic and integrative nursing care is based upon holism and may include natural products, mind and body practices, and aspects of traditional healing systems. A holistic approach towards physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual care defines how nursing care is applied and not simply what is done to a patient. The five elements of practice defined as vital – energy, fire, air, water, earth, and ether – have endured for centuries and provide a structural focus for sickroom management, creating healing environments, and the nursing care of whole patients. Nurses are guided through the application of these elements to practice using various healing modalities.

Course Objectives:
• Explain holistic nursing philosophy and the concept of holism.
• List the five elements of caring practice that guide healing traditions, self-care, and holistic nursing practice.
• Discuss the difference between complementary therapies and traditional/indigenous healing.
• Explain the difference between the holistic nursing philosophy and the practice of integrative nursing.
• Explain the role of integrative care in pain relief and comfort with nonpharmacological interventions.
• Explain the use of mindfulness practice interventions in holistic nursing care.
• Describe one way to integrate touch therapies and bodywork interventions into one’s nursing practice.
• Identify examples of holistic and integrative communication interventions.
• Discuss hydrotherapy interventions in Holistic and Integrative Nursing practice.
• Discuss essential oils and aromatherapy interventions in Holistic and Integrative Nursing practice.
• Summarize the application of religious and spiritual interventions in Holistic and Integrative
• Nursing practice.
• Discuss the use of nutritional and herbal interventions used in Holistic and Integrative Nursing practice.