Dossey B.M., Keegan L., Guzzetta C.E. Holistic Nursing. A Handbook for Practice

BOSTON: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. - 2005. — 942 p. The fourth edition of Holistic Nuising: A Handbook for Practice attests to the success and use of previous versions, moving from theory, knowledge, and values to skills and applications that integrate personal and professional competencies of Being into Caring—Healing Practices. This edition builds upon and extends the The American Holistic Nurses' Association (AHNA) has joined with the authors and contributors of Holistic Nuising: A Handbook for Practice, Fourth Edition, to develop further the knowledge base for holistic nursing and delineate the essence of contemporary nursing. The purposes of this book are threefold: (1) to expand an understanding of healing and the nurse as an instrument of healing; (2) to explore the unity and relatedness of nurses, clients, and others; and (3) to develop caring-healing interventions to strengthen the whole person.preceding editions by continuing to update the knowledge base with the most current, cutting-edge science. The authors use a strong scientific-theoretical-philosophical foundation to underpin both current and futuristic practices, that inform and guide nursing and system directions for implementing, integrating, extending, and sustaining both basic and advanced holistic nursing modalities across setting, time, and space.Vision of HealingForewordHOLISTIC PHILOSOPHY, THEORIES, AND ETHICS
Exploring Life’s Meaning
Holistic Nursing Practice
Transpersonal Self
Transpersonal Human Caring and Healing
Reawakening the Spirit in Daily Life
The Art of Holistic Nursing and the Human Health Experience
Active Listening
Nursing Theory in Holistic Nursing Practice
Ethics in Our Changing World
Holistic Ethics
HOLISTIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
Web of Life
The Psychophysiology of Bodymind Healing
Evolving Process of Life's Dance
Spirituality and Health
Toward Wholeness
Energetic Healing
Questioning the Rules of Science
Holistic Nursing Research
HOLISTIC NURSE SELF-CARE
Toward the Inward Journey
The Nurse as an Instrument of Healing
Nurse Healer Reflections
HOLISTIC COMMUNICATION, THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT, AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Human Care
Therapeutic Communication: The Art of Helping
Building a Healthy Environment
Environment.
Sharing Our Healing Stories
Cultural Diversity and Care
HOLISTIC CARING PROCESS
Working with Others
The Holistic Caring Process
Actualization of Human Potentials
Self-Assessments: Facilitating Healing in Self and Others
Changing Outcomes
Cognitive Therapy
Healthy Disclosure
Self-Reflection: Consulting the Truth Within
Nourishing the Bodymind
Nutrition
Moving Through Strength
Exercise and Movement
Releasing the Energy of the Playful Child
Humor, Laughter, and Play: Maintaining Balance in a Serious World
Creating Receptive Quiet
Relaxation: The First Step to Restore, Renew, and Self-Heal
Modeling a Wellness Lifestyle
Imagery: Awakening the Inner Healer
Composing the Harmony
Music Therapy: Hearing the Melody of the Soul
Using Our Healing Hands
Touch: Connecting with the Healing Power
Accepting Ourselves and Others
Relationships
Releasing Attachment
Dying in Peace
Nourishing Wisdom
Weight Management Counseling
Acknowledging Fear
Smoking Cessation: Freedom from Risk
Changing One's World View
Addiction and Recovery Counseling
Bonney Gulino Schaub and Barbara Montgomery Dossey
Recovering and Maintaining the Self
Incest and Child Sexual Abuse Counseling
Healing Through the Senses
Aromatherapy
Nursing Voices of St. Charles Medical Center.
Relationship-Centered Care and Healing Initiative in a Community
Hospital
Translormation of the Acute Health
Care Environment
Exploring Integrative Medicine and the Healing Environment:
The Story of a Large Urban Acute Care Hospital