Humor and Laughter in Persons With Cognitive Impairment and Their Caregivers
Conclusions: Humor and laughter played a role in creating a safe social environment. PWCI were able to engage in humor during social interactions, yet some had difficulty recognizing social cues. Further study may reveal roles of humor and laughter in adaptation to cognitive decline and holistic interventions for improved quality of life. (Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing)
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - January 29, 2014 Category: Nursing Authors: Liptak, A., Tate, J., Flatt, J., Oakley, M. A., Lingler, J. Tags: Qualitative Research Source Type: research
A Grounded Theory of Faculty's Use of Humanization to Create Online Course Climate
The purpose of this research was to study the way faculty establish course social presence in an online course. The community of inquiry model by Garrison, Anderson, and Archer distinguished the area of social presence as an important component of online learning, and this study sought to understand how faculty perceive and create social presence in their online classroom. By employing a grounded theory approach, a substantive theory was developed to explain the way in which faculty create and maintain an online course climate. The sample consisted of 10 nursing faculty teaching various master’s in nursing courses. T...
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - January 29, 2014 Category: Nursing Authors: Cox-Davenport, R. A. Tags: Qualitative Research Source Type: research
Healing the Healer: One Step at a Time
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Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - January 29, 2014 Category: Nursing Tags: Continuing Nursing Education Source Type: research
Healing the Healer: One Step at a Time
Health care workers have the most challenging of professions. They are expected to work long hours while demonstrating compassion and care for the patients that they serve. Although health care practitioners are among the most disciplined of working professionals, they are often some of the unhealthiest of individuals, facing enormous amounts of stress in their lives. Healing the Healer: One Step at a Time is a 6-week health fitness program. It explores the unique challenges faced in the field of health care and teaches techniques to address those challenges head on. Healing the Healer uses Nordic walking as the exercise p...
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - January 29, 2014 Category: Nursing Authors: Gershon, J. C. Tags: Aesthetics Source Type: research
Reflections on Holism and the Passing of Nelson Mandela
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Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - January 29, 2014 Category: Nursing Authors: Cowling, W. R. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
The Holistic Worldview in Action: Evolution of Holistic Nurses Certification Programs
This article describes four major changes in the work of AHNCC since 2004: a detection of an evolution in the domain of holistic nursing through review of the literature; clarification and specification of levels of practice by educational level; development of the nurse coach role in nursing, designed within the precepts of holistic nursing; and AHNCC’s response to the social paradigm shift for health care, and nursing’s advanced practice registered nurse consensus model. Each of these is discussed in detail describing the circumstances that perpetuated AHNCC’s consideration and the actions taken by AHNC...
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - November 7, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Erickson, H. L., Erickson, M. E., Sandor, M. K., Brekke, M. E. Tags: Practice Source Type: research
Validation of Holistic Nursing Competencies: Role-Delineation Study, 2012
This article discusses AHNCC’s goals for undertaking the 2012 Holistic Nursing RDS and the implications for the certification programs. (Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing)
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - November 7, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Erickson, H. L., Erickson, M. E., Campbell, J. A., Brekke, M. E., Sandor, M. K. Tags: Practice Source Type: research
The Journey of Discovering Compassionate Listening
This article presents the concept of "compassionate listening" in critical life moments to gain insight into the process of listening with compassion. This insight evolved through a process of layered reflection using a series of texts, particularly stories that captured critical moments in working with people who were facing crisis situations or who were dying. Writing and reflecting on these stories enabled me to identify how I engaged with patients and their loved ones as a palliative care nurse specialist. I was able to explore how compassionate listening could be used to ascertain their needs, particularly when they w...
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - November 7, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Kimble, P., Bamford-Wade, A. Tags: Practice Source Type: research
Mind-Body Therapies for Sleep Disturbances in Women at Midlife
Multiple factors contribute to sleep disturbances in women at midlife. Poor sleep is a common occurrence in women transitioning through midlife and is associated with significant morbidity. Factors that are known to disturb sleep in women at midlife include vasomotor symptoms, nocturia, sleep apnea, and stress. Stress in particular has a significant impact on sleep. Various treatments, pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic, are available to treat sleep disturbances. One nonpharmacologic option includes mind-body medicine, which encompasses several therapies. Practices within this realm have been shown to moderate the experien...
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - November 7, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Frame, K. O., Alexander, I. M. Tags: Practice Source Type: research
Place Knowing of Persons and Populations: Restoring the Place Work of Nursing
Place emerges when space acquires definition in social constructions of meaning as landscape-languages, which reflect assumptions about physical and social realities. The place work of nursing, which resonated throughout Nightingale’s work and the profession’s evolution, focuses on human health and healing in the historical transitions and landscape-languages of populations. However, evidence-based practice dominated by empirical knowing inadequately addresses complex health and illness dynamics between place and populations. Translating evidence to the life course experiences of individuals and populations req...
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - November 7, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Thomas, E. A. Tags: Concept/Theory Development Source Type: research
Gardening for the Mental Well-Being of Homeless Women
Conclusion: The gardening experience interrupted the participants’ negative ruminations, offering stress relief and elements of social inclusion and self-actualization. Gardening is an inexpensive and positive intervention for a population with a high incidence of mental illness and distress. (Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing)
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - November 7, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Grabbe, L., Ball, J., Goldstein, A. Tags: Qualitative Research Source Type: research
The Evaluation of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for Veterans with Mental Health Conditions
(Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing)
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - November 7, 2013 Category: Nursing Tags: Continuing Nursing Education Source Type: research
The Evaluation of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Veterans With Mental Health Conditions
Conclusion: MBSR is a feasible intervention that has potential efficacy for veterans with mental health conditions. Future controlled trials are needed in this area. (Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing)
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - November 7, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Kluepfel, L., Ward, T., Yehuda, R., Dimoulas, E., Smith, A., Daly, K. Tags: Qualitative Research Source Type: research
A Pilot Study: The Effect of Healing Touch on Anxiety, Stress, Pain, Pain Medication Usage, and Physiological Measures in Hospitalized Sickle Cell Disease Adults Experiencing a Vaso-Occlusive Pain Episode
Conclusions: Further research is needed. (Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing)
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - November 7, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Thomas, L. S., Stephenson, N., Swanson, M., Jesse, D. E., Brown, S. Tags: Qualitative Research Source Type: research
What Is Holistic Nursing Scholarship?
(Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing)
Source: Journal of Holistic Nursing - November 7, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Cowling, W. R. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
