What is Integrative Holistic Nursing?

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After spending 6 years helping to build holistic health services for a rural spiritual community from 1989 - 1995, I published my first book about what I learned about "Demonstrating Care" and called it "The Art of Integrative Nursing." Integration is a Quality of Heart. Our patients need the best of biomedical science and caring modalities, such as complementary therapies.

Nurses have been experts for hundreds of years in providing physical, emotional and psychological care and spiritual companionship to support a person, family, or community in their process of finding their life purpose as well as making meaning of health challenges. Integrative holistic nursing spiritual care energizes nurses and patients alike. Each nurse discovers their unique way of demonstrating care - their unique blend of biomedical science and complementary therapies. For example, my contribution is advancing the practice of nurse-herbalism as partnership with plants in care. My research demonstrates that herbalism IS nursing science, art, and practice!

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Over the years I have developed and published a number of practice models that have been replicated by nurses on 5 continents!