Holistic Nursing

Hello ^ ^
Long time no see (; LOL!
Tonight I'll be talking about holistic nursing.

What is holistic nursing?
• Relationship-centred care
• Recognising body-mind-emotion-spirit-environment principles in daily life and in clinical practice
• Desire to do good – not performed for the sake of the law or because of duty
• Paying attention to all aspects of an individual – the physical, social, mental and emotional person
• Communicating verbally and non-verbally

The practice process is based on six main principles...
• Assessing
• Diagnosing
• Identifying outcomes
• Planning care
• Implementing plan of care
• Evaluating

The caring process involves...
• Recognising the totality of the human being – the interconnectedness of the body, mind, spirit and emotion
• Focusing on how the individual is cognitively perceiving and emotionally dealing with the illness
• Focusing on effect on persons family, social relationships and economic resources
• Focusing on care interventions that promote healing, peace and comfort

Holistic Assessments
• Include physical, mental, emotional, cultural, sexual, spiritual and transpersonal and energy field assessments
• Energy field assessments are based on the concept that all beings are composed of energy and congestion of this energy will create disharmony and disease
• Spiritual assessments – religious beliefs and a person’s purpose in life. Ask questions about their sense of peace, what brings them joy, strength and hope.
• First ask an individual: “What do you think is happening/going on with you?” And then: “What do you think would help?”
• Help the person to identify risk factors such as lifestyle, habits, beliefs, values, family or personal history
• Focus on individual’s goals rather than the nurses
• Therapeutic plans of care respect person experience and uniqueness of each healing journey
• Holistic nurses respect that outcomes may not be expected as they may evolve differently


I know some of my posts seem quite short and to the point, without much detail but I promise that as the year progresses I will continuously add detail as I go along! You'll pretty much be able to see my knowledge grow over the years, I promise ^^
Oh, also I did a little research earlier. It might sound silly but I actually did not know what the different was between diagnosis and prognosis. If you didn't know here you go:

Diagnosis: what illness or injury a patient has.

Prognosis: the outlook/forecast/decision of how to TREAT the diagnosis. Good prognosis = you are likely to recover. Poor prognosis = you are not likely to recover.

Bye!!

Emily