Holistic Nursing and Integrative Healing

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In this course, students focus on the art of holistic nursing and the nurse as an instrument of healing in person-centered care. Nursing theory, Holistic nursing theorists, and the scopes and standards of practice from the holistic nursing perspective will provide the basis for studying integrative healing techniques. Ethical considerations in practice and research are addressed. Particular attention is paid to fundamental concepts of holistic nursing, alternative medical systems, integrative mind-body-spirit interventions, biologically based therapies, manipulative and body-based therapies, and energy medicine.