Support for At-Risk Girls: A School-Based Mental Health Nursing Initiative
This article describes an advanced nursing practice mental health initiative for at-risk teenage girls based on Hildegard Peplau’s nursing theory, group process, and healing through holistic health approaches. A support group, RICHES, was developed with focus on core components of relationships, identity, communication, health, esteem, and support. The acronym RICHES was chosen as the name of the support group. Selected themes and issues addressed in this school-based support group are illustrated in case vignettes. Through a collaborative approach with the community and school, this practice initiative presents a un...
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - August 11, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Adamshick, P. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Continuity and Change in Life Engagement Among People With Dementia
This study aims to shed light on the meaning of activities in a life course context, changes in activity patterns due to dementia disease, and the significance of narratives told by close relatives. The 11 stories of activities were analyzed using thematic narrative analysis with Leontyev’s activity theory as a theoretical framework. The findings revealed several types of changes: slow and abrupt changes in everyday and physical activities, changes in the person’s level of awareness, and changes in habits in new care settings and environments. The meaningfulness of activities was connected to a person’s b...
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - August 11, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Kuosa, K., Elstad, I., Normann, H. K. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Islamic Values and Nursing Practice in Kuwait
Conclusions: The centrality of the value altruism to nursing care from the Islamic perspective and the apparent seamless integration of care of the spirit with care of the body were significant findings consistent with the literature. The deep longing to be better understood, both as nurses and as Muslims, speaks to needed public education across the spectrum of religious belief and needed strengthening of professional kinship. (Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing)
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - August 11, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Atkinson, C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
The Dancing Nurses and the Language of the Body: Training Somatic Awareness, Bodily Communication, and Embodied Professional Competence in Nurse Education
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Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - August 11, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Continuing Nursing Education Source Type: research
The Dancing Nurses and the Language of the Body: Training Somatic Awareness, Bodily Communication, and Embodied Professional Competence in Nurse Education
At first glance, dance and movement may appear foreign to the idea of nurse education. On closer inspection, it could be high time. The flow of words may stop, but the body is always in movement—always communicating. Still, the language of the body, and certainly movement, is an often overlooked potential in education. This is also true for nurse education: in spite of the often bodily close meetings with vulnerable and crisis-stricken patients. These meetings make great demands on the nurse to both contain own feelings and be able to "read" and understand patients’ often only sense-based communication. This di...
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - August 11, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Winther, H., Grontved, S. N., Kold Gravesen, E., Ilkjaer, I. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
What Makes a Manuscript Holistic?: Revisited and Still Relevant
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Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - August 11, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Cowling, W. R. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
The Development of a Mind-Body-Spirit Certification Program in Nursing
Stress and anxiety experienced by patients particularly during hospitalization can be positively affected by an approach to care that emphasizes the uniqueness of the patient, the patient–provider relationship, and mind–body–spirit interventions. Although patients seek care that addresses stress and promotes relaxation within the hospital environment, there is evidence that there are lost opportunities aimed at addressing these concerns within the current health care environment. Nursing leadership at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions rec...
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - May 19, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Arcari, P. M., Flanagan, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Designing Forgiveness Interventions: Guidance From Five Meta-Analyses
The Nursing Interventions Classification system includes forgiveness facilitation as part of the research-based taxonomy of nursing interventions. Nurses need practical guidance in finding the type of intervention that works best in the nursing realm. Five meta-analyses of forgiveness interventions were reviewed to illuminate best practice. The only studies included were meta-analyses of forgiveness interventions in which the authors calculated effect size. Forgiveness interventions were shown to be helpful in addressing mental/emotional health. Components of effective interventions include recalling the offense, empathizi...
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - May 19, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Recine, A. C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Maternal Experiences of Their Unborn Child's Spiritual Care: Patterns of Abstinence in Iran
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Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - May 19, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Continuing Nursing Education Source Type: research
Maternal Experiences of Their Unborn Child's Spiritual Care: Patterns of Abstinence in Iran
This study was conducted with the aim of exploration of maternal behaviors associated with the spiritual health of the unborn child. A qualitative approach was used to investigate the research question. Twenty-seven in-depth unstructured interviews were conducted with 22 Iranian mothers in Tehran city (Iran) who were pregnant or had experienced pregnancy in 2012-2013. Data analysis was carried out using a conventional content analysis approach. "Refusing to eat forbidden food," "Overcoming mental adversity," "Regulating one’s social interactions," "Preventing the effects of harmful environments on the senses," "Avoid...
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - May 19, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Heidari, T., Ziaei, S., Ahmadi, F., Mohammadi, E., Hall, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
The Influence of Cognitive Decline on Rural Identity: Perspectives of Older Women
Conclusions: Holistic nursing actions that preserve older women’s rural identity and social support may increase the likelihood that women accept rural health care aimed at treating cognitive decline. (Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing)
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - May 19, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Eisenhauer, C. M., Pullen, C. H., Hunter, J. L., Nelson, T. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Healthy Spaces in Meaningful Places: The Rural Church and Women's Health Promotion
Conclusions: Data analysis suggests that place consists of both physical and experiential realities, in addition to being a resource of culture and meaning. Implications for rural women’s health promotion include fostering a deeper recognition of place-shaped experiences of health. (Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing)
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - May 19, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Plunkett, R., Leipert, B., Ray, S. L., Olson, J. K. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Attitudes, Beliefs, and Practices of Integrative Medicine Among Nurses in the Netherlands
Conclusions: Dutch nurses seem to have relatively positive attitudes and beliefs regarding IM. The outcome of this survey may contribute an increased awareness of the key role that nurses can play in the development and implementation of IM. (Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing)
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - May 19, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: van Vliet, M., Jong, M., Busch, M., Meijer, J. E. M., von Rosenstiel, I. A., Jong, M. C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Expanding Forms of Scholarship
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Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - May 19, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Cowling, W. R. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Cultivating a Narrative Sensibility in Nursing Practice
Stories hold meaning, and when persons tell of their experiences of living with illness, they are afforded an opportunity to make sense of all that is happening. As nurses, we have the privilege of hearing the particular, gaining understanding, and creating a powerful encounter that has healing and health benefits. This is a call for nurses to more intentionally invite and listen to the stories of persons living with illness. The mnemonic STORIED is offered to help nurses weave together essential elements of a narrative practice approach: Subjective, Tell/Listen, Openness, Reflection, Invite/Intention, Engage, and Document...
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - February 9, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Beuthin, R. E. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
