Understanding Holistic Nursing practice
Understanding Holistic Nursing practice
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了解整体护理实践
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2015
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通讯作者:
G. Ngugi
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作者:
Olorunleke Igunnuoda;G. Ngugi
Holistic nursing is a philosophy and a model that integrates concepts of presence, healing and holism. These concepts are based on broad academic principles that incorporate a sensitive balance between art and science, analytic and intuitive skills, and the interconnectedness of body, mind and spirit. Holistic nursing was form by the American holistic nurse association in 1980 (AHNA, 2000). The aim of this study is to explore what is found in the literature on nurses’ view on holistic nursing and also to describe the challenges nurses encounter in holistic nursing. This study will seek an answer to the following research questions 1. What are nurses view holistic nursing 2. What are the challenges in holistic nursing practice? Katie Eriksson theory of caritative caring and biopyscosocial theory was introduced as a guild seeking solutions for the research questions. In the analysis twenty one articles were reviewed, inductive content analysis was used. Result of the study shows nursing’s view on holistic nursing as social wellbeing, communication and attitude & knowledge, while challenges encountered by nurses includes religion belief of the care giver, education and meeting patient need. Limitation on this research work includes the broadness of the thesis topic and the time used in getting this research work done.