Massage therapy as a nursing practice.

abstract：:The article describes how a dream-sharing group facilitated by a nurse therapist can become the means by which the participants gain spiritual awareness. First, the characteristics of spiritual awareness are identified and discussed. Second, the practice, structure, and process of a dream-sharing group are described, ...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Dombeck MT

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nursing has tended to focus on health needs of individuals rather than the life-style implications of health for families and the natural support systems they provide. Health care reform is demanding that new methods be formulated for ensuring health promotion, disease prevention, and health maintenance within our soc...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Denham SA

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spirituality is of particular importance in the lives of many older adults at the end of life. While the role of spirituality may differ among older adults, spirituality may offer a purpose and meaning toward the end of life and provides a framework for managing concerns and decisions at this time. Despite t...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Wallace M,O'Shea E

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concept mapping is a teaching-learning strategy that can be used to evaluate a nursing student's ability to critically think in the clinical setting. Nursing students who are committed to patient care, seldom express the ideas of reasoning, and critical thinking in health team care. This article is a description of an...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： George A,Geethakrishnan R,D'Souza P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What is the South-African concept of caring? In Africa, the principle of Ubuntu introduces the concept of belonging and caring. The purpose of this concept analysis was thus to analyze the concept of Ubuntu. The 8 steps of a concept analysis by Walker and Avant were used. ...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Nolte A,Downing C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To select 2 appropriate spiritual assessment tools and evaluate these by involving oncology nurses. BACKGROUND:Spirituality is recognized as an important domain of cancer care. At admission, integration of spiritual assessment seems necessary. It is unclear what kind of spiritual assessment method would be most pr...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： van Leeuwen R,Schep-Akkerman A,van Laarhoven HW

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elders with chronic diseases frequently have problems with activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living. This article describes a holistic, elder-friendly community model. The review of the nursing, healthcare, and social science literature offers insight into the complexity of community reso...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Weierbach FM,Glick DF

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Culture is a series of rules and methods that a society has evolved to deal with the recurring problems it faces. These have become so basic that, like breathing, we no longer think about how we approach or resolve them. ...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Locsin RC

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared and examined the effects of aroma gargling, cold water gargling, and wet gauze application on thirst, halitosis, and sore throat in patients after spine surgery. A quasiexperimental pretest/posttest control group design was employed. Samples were total 70 patients (aroma gargling: 24 samples, cold ...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Oh KE,Song AR,Sok SR

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify African-American women's definitions and descriptions of body weight, using King's General Systems Framework and Combs and Snygg's concept of perception as a guide, focus group methodology was utilized. These women's frame of reference for "normal body weight" was much larger than the standard indicator fo...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Gore SV

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2000 and 2001-2002) was utilized to examine and compare low-density lipoprotein levels in Mexican Americans with diabetes. ...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Aponte J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Otherness is an important concept in understanding the health provider-patient relationship and in creating insights into how to be more present with patients and families. This is an analysis of the concept of Otherness that leads to a definition of the construct. ...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Ryan JG

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Planners of sexual health promotion interventions for adolescents and young adults confront many challenges. Multiple factors are associated with high-risk sexual behavior, and its amelioration is complex. Sexual health promotion involves more than just targeted, short-term disease prevention efforts. Primary preventi...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Beitz JM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this article is to examine the current literature surrounding nurse practitioner knowledge and use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Its use has increased over the last few decades, yet few healthcare practitioners ask their patients about CAM. Nurse practitioners need to be capable of ad...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Nottingham EN

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As demographics in the United States indicate that by 2050 older persons will constitute one-fourth of the population, statistics indicating abuse of older persons will also increase. As a serious social problem, nurses will need to assess and intervene with families where this type of family violence occurs. The type...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Wieland D

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nurses who work with seriously ill and dying patients are engaged in helping them live fully until they die. Most theories of death and dying deal with conscious activities only. Yet many people find relief form the fear and loneliness of life-threatening illness if given the opportunity to express their totality, mea...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Muff J

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The implementation of a clinical nurse specialist role is an effective strategy for managing disruptive patient behaviors and improving staff nurse morale in an acute medical/surgical service. ...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Linck C,Phillips S

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of reflexology on pain intensity in patients with fibromyalgia, using an experimental repeated-measures design, and a convenience sample of 30 fibromyalgia inpatients. Thirty patients aged 18 to 70 years with fibromyalgia and hospitalized in the algology clinic were ...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Akin Korhan E,Uyar M,Eyigör C,Yönt GH,Khorshid L

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information systems are going to change our understanding of nursing as a discipline and as a practice. The act of decision making will be the focus of the impact of information systems on nursing. The article models types of nursing knowledge, organizing them into concrete and abstract knowledge. Information systems ...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Turley J

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of nurse-physician collaboration has significance in today's changing health care environment. Two camps' views concerning nurse-physician collaboration are presented. Camp I supports nurse-physician collaboration using four indicators: (1) mutual power-control, (2) separate and combined practice spheres, ...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Jones RA

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To enable nurses to assume an active role in helping patients and families discuss and plan ahead for end-of-life decision making, factors that influence response to being asked to consider one's death while one is still healthy need to be considered. Members of the National Guard were interviewed about the cognitive,...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Wanta BA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, little attention has been given to spiritual dimensions in the nursing literature. This article reviews spiritual nursing care in the nursing literature, including basic concepts and current thoughts on spirituality-related research. In addition, it describes mechanisms that may be used to promote spir...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： McEwen M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article describes a study that addressed perceptions of unilateral and egalitarian role functions for nurses, physicians, and consumers in a long-term, 345-bed psychiatric facility in the western United States. Findings indicated that physicians desired to retain authority for health care decisions and that nurses...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Hammond K,Bandak A,Williams M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional pilot study evaluated associations between religion/spirituality, forgiveness, sleep, and health, which were all highly correlated for adult women living in a homeless mission. While causation cannot be determined, these findings help to provide a theoretical framework for studies with stronger de...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Brewer-Smyth K,Kafonek K,Koenig HG

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a voluntary survey among ethnically and socioeconomically diverse women. About half of the respondents reported experiencing at least one health issue; over half were interested in attending a mindfulness class to reduce stress. Our study suggests interest in participating in a mindfulness intervention, p...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Haslam A,Salm Ward T,Wagner Robb S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many older persons no longer have traditional "family members" to rely on and live isolated lives, with little or no contact with either family or community. In response to this profound need for family among isolated older adults, the Geriatric Adult Day Health Center at The Jewish Home and Hospital in the Bronx, New...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Sanfilippo JG,Forker JE

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to assess the rate of women receiving treatment of infertility who use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), CAM methods, and the effect of these methods on their quality of life. This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted with 797 women applying to the in vitro ferti...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Ataman H,Aba YA,Güler Y

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Are policies allowing family into the trauma room humane and necessary--or just asking for trouble? ...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Marrone L,Fogg C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional survey measured relationships among blood pressure and measures of psychologic distress, family structure, and economic status in a sample of adolescents exposed to Hurricane Hugo. Spielberger's Anger Scale and Derogatis' Brief Symptom Inventory were used. Data analysis revealed 5% of the 1079 ado...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Weinrich S,Weinrich M,Hardin S,Gleaton J,Pesut DJ,Garrison C

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to show how patients' reactions in periods of crisis of acute illness influenced and made the learning process more difficult. Eleven patients with first-time acute cardiac infarction were interviewed. Many of the patients expressed the positive dimensions of having had cardiac infarction. Th...

journal_title：Holistic nursing practice

authors： Gabrielsen E,Nåden D,Lindström UA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00