Nurses Are Instruments of Healing.

In the healing process and therefore facilitators of health. The intention of Holistic nursing is to become therapeutic partners with individuals, families, communities and populations.

Everyone Heals Themself.

Holistic nurses believe that people heal themselves through their own inherent capacities, therefore the holistic nurse is not the healer but merely a guide and facilitator on the individual’s own journey of healing. 

Holistic nurses create environments conducive of healing through presence and intention, while employing techniques that promote empowerment, peace, comfort, and a subjective sense of harmony and well being for the person. 

Holistic nurses honor the individual’s subjective experience of health, health beliefs and values. 

What Caring Healing Phenomena Are of Concern to Holistic Nurses?

The caring – healing relationship.

The subjective experience of and meanings attached to:

• health
• illness
• wellness
• healing
• birth
• death
• dying
• development

Cultural values and beliefs honoring folk practices related to health, illness, death and healing.

Spirituality in Nursing Care.

Evaluation of alternative healing modalities used in nursing practice.

Whole person health promotion and disease prevention.

Self care processes.

The entire spectrum of comfort, pain and discomfort; Physical, mental and spiritual.

Self empowerment in decision making and the ability to make informed choices.

The effect of social and economic policies on the health of individuals, families and communities.

Access to diverse and alternative healthcare systems in relationship to quality of care.

The environment and prevention of disease where populations live, work and play.