Introduction
Introduction One of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) types of complementary/alternative practices is mind and body medicine. According to the NCCAM, “Mind and body practices focus…
Creating Optimal Healing Environments
Creating Optimal Healing Environments Mary Jo Kreitzer Terri Zborowsky Nurses have long been leaders in creating optimal healing environments (OHEs). Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, described the role…
Therapeutic Listening
Therapeutic Listening Shigeaki Watanuki Mary Fran Tracy Ruth Lindquist Listening is an active and dynamic process of interaction with a client that requires intentional effort to attend to a client’s…
Complementary Therapies: Nurse’s Self-Care
Complementary Therapies: Nurse’s Self-Care Barbara Leonard Complementary therapies are becoming widely used by people around the world. Nurses need to know about these therapies. First, nurses must be able to…
Evolution and Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Evolution and Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies Mariah Snyder Kathleen Niska Ruth Lindquist Complementary and alternative therapies have become an integral part of health care in the United States…
Introduction
Introduction Complementary therapies have become widely known and used in Western health care. However, the therapies included in many of the surveys that have been done about the use of…
Communication, Collaboration, & YOU
Communication, Collaboration, & YOU Certainly communication isn’t the only factor in collaboration. Without effective communication, however, there can be no effective collaboration. Determine your current communication skill level and identify…
Promoting Collaboration through Communication
Promoting Collaboration through Communication If collaboration is valued and communication is a way to achieve collaboration, how can nurses work collectively and individually to achieve collaboration? On a macro level,…
