Holistic Nursing and related subjects.   Tags: alternative medicine, health partnership, holistic model, lifestyle, nursing, optimal health, treating the whole person, wellness counseling  

Holistic nursing is defined as “all nursing practice that has healing the whole person as its goal” (American Holistic Nurses’ Association, 1998, Description of Holistic Nursing).

philosophy of nursing that seeks to facilitate patient healing by creating a caring ....

Relating to the theory of holism. It considers that individuals function ....

Involves all aspects of wellness and healing of a holistic nature; holism being defined as the mind, body, spirit connection; that is, treating the whole person, not just a disease or symptom.

The Standards of Holistic Nursing Practice were developed by the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) as a public statement regarding the practice of holistic nursing as a specialty.

What is holistic nursing? If you were to ask nurses this question, you would get as many answers as the number of nurses you asked.