Organizer Profile
American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA)

American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA)

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

American Holistic Nurses Association continues to emphasize the nurturing and valuing of self and client. Currently leading the way in holistic and integrative health care practice, research and education, AHNA serves more than 5,500 members as the definitive voice for holistic nursing. AHNA is also responsible for the recognition of holistic nursing by the American Nurses Association as an official nursing specialty with its own defined scope and standards of practice.

Holistic Nursing is defined as “all nursing practice that has healing the whole person as its goal” (American Holistic Nurses’ Association, 1998). Florence Nightingale, who is considered to be the founder of Holistic Nursing, taught nurses to focus on the principles of holism: unity, wellness and the interrelationship of human beings and their environment.

Mission:
The Mission of the American Holistic Nurses Association is to illuminate holism in nursing practice, community, advocacy, research and education.

vision:
AHNA's vision is a world where every nurse is a Holistic Nurse

Strategic Goals:
• Strengthen the image of AHNA
• Enhance AHNA infrastructure to support the daily operations of the organization
• Strategically increase AHNA membership
• Support the development of competent holistic nurses
• Generate, synthesize, and disseminate evidencebased holistic nursing knowledge

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