Question

provide evidence to support providing patients with a theory informed integrative health modality/holistic nursing health patterning process

Answer 1

Holistic nursing is a practice of nursing that focus on healing the whole person. The field combines nursing knowledge, theory, intuition and experience as a guide for building a relationship with the patient to increase healing and promote health. Holistic nursing care involves healing the mind, body, and soul of our patients. It involves thinking about and assisting patients with the effects of illness on the body, mind, emotions, spirituality, religion, and personal relationships.

A holistic health assessment goes beyond focusing solely on physical health. It also addresses emotional, mental and spiritual health. A holistic health assessment allows the nurse to gain information essential for diagnosis, planning and implementation.

The term integrative care is used in a variety of ways that all involve bringing conventional and complementary approaches together in a coordinated way. The use of integrative approaches to health and healing is growing across the world. The term intergrative health care is used in a variety of ways that all involve bringing conventional and complementary approaches together in a coordinated way. The use of integrative approaches to health and healing is growing across the world.

Holistic nursing practice process : An itera- tive and integrative process  that involves six steps that can occur simultaneously: (1) assessing; (2) diagnosing or identify- ing patterns , challenges, needs, and health issues; (3) identifying outcomes; (4) plan- ning care; (5) implementing the plan of care;

Intergrative nursing principles and behavioural indicators -

The six principles of integrative nursing are based on meta-theoretical perspectives consistent with historical nursing values, beliefs, and theoretical perspectives; complex systems science; and the values, beliefs, and practices of integrative health care. The behavioral indicators illustrate concrete manifestations of the implementation of each principle. While many of the indicators below are applicable in virtually any setting, clinical settings are encouraged to develop specific indicators unique to their setting that can be measurable.

Health Patterning modalities are available to treat various types of emotional states such as anxiety, panic, fear, guilt, anger, and depression, as well as physical conditions like cancer, heart disease, Charcot-Marie Tooth Disease, and various other acute and chronic health issues. In fact, all types of emotional and physical conditions as well as spiritual distress can respond. The primary modalities I specialize in using are guided imagery, Therapeutic Touch, dream reading, techniques of will, the Power-Imagery Process (PIP), the Power Profile based on findings from the Power as Knowing Participation in Change Tool, as well as reversing which is integral to several of the modalities. These Health Patterning modalities are considered within the context of what is happening with people in their lives, and in relation to people’s personal preferences.
Health Patterning modalities are individualized through Power Prescriptions and are based on each person’s needs and wants and aimed toward power enhancement with a focus on intention and without an attachment to outcomes. The results are not in our hands, and accepting this idea is liberating, since we give up trying to be responsible for matters that have to do with what other people do; that is up to them not us.Human beings are whole systems inseparable from the environment. Simply stated, people are dynamic, individualistic, and complex and, as such, cannot be reduced to diagnoses, symptoms, and deviations from norms. Caring for the “whole person” requires attentiveness to the body, mind, and spirit and the interconnectedness of people to their environment. The environment encompasses all that surrounds the person, including the nurse, family, community, the built environment, and physical and metaphysical environments.

Nursing care and practice indicators -

Completes a comprehensive assessment that includes all domains of health—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.

Develops a plan of care that reflects the patient’s and family’s unique needs, strengths, and preferences to assure that care is coordinated and personalized.

Promotes independence and offers choices.Maintains the integrity of the environment by monitoring noise, smells, and temperature and providing privacy.

Personalises the environment through art, use of personal objects, and accommodation of patient preferences.

* Health care in many ways is at a cross-roads. The issues of rising costs, shortages of nurses and other health care providers, patients who are dissatisfied, poor outcomes, and disengaged care providers are global in nature. Addressing these issues requires a systems approach that will not be easy or fast. Integrative nursing provides a whole person/whole system approach that addresses the needs of patients and their families who are demanding care that is comprehensive, coordinated, and attentive to the whole person—body, mind, and spirit. Integrative nursing also engages nurses who yearn to practice in a way that is aligned with their personal values and the passion that ignited their call to a nursing career. It may be an effective strategy in buffering stress and attenuating the impact of burnout that is costly and takes a significant toll on patients, families, and caregivers. Health care today is a team-based endeavor, and nurses with the skills of integrative nursing are well positioned to be partners in delivering integrated health care.