The Holistic Caring Process
The Holistic Caring Process
Pamela J. Potter
Noreen Cavan Frisch
Nurse Healer OBJECTIVES
Theoretical
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Define the terms nursing process and holistic caring process.
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Outline the steps of the holistic caring process.
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Explore the ways in which conceptual models of nursing inform and guide the holistic caring process.
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Discuss the ways in which standards of holistic nursing practice are incorporated into the holistic caring process.
Clinical
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Analyze the assessment tool that you are using in clinical practice to determine whether the tool is consistent with a holistic nursing perspective.
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Explore the ways to document holistic nursing care in a computerized electronic health record (EHR) through use of standardized terms such as those found in nursing diagnostic taxonomies, the Nursing Interventions Classification, and the Nursing Outcomes Classification.
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Identify the nursing concerns and activities most relevant to your clients.
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Integrate prevention, health promotion, and wellness diagnoses into practice.
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Use the Trifocal Model as an organizing structure for a visual composite of the three levels of a person’s health patterns in prioritizing and planning nursing interventions and patient outcomes within the nurse-person interaction.
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Implement the Holistic Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (2007) of the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) and American Nurses Association (ANA) in your work and life.
Personal
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Observe the pattern appraisal and identification process in your everyday life as you walk into a new situation.
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Identify the four patterns of knowing (empirical, ethical, aesthetic, and personal knowledge) as they guide you within the nurse-person interaction.
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Develop and trust your intuitive thinking processes when assessing clients’ conditions.
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Evaluate the impact of intuitive thinking in both your professional and personal lives.
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Explore your own beliefs and values regarding the concepts of holistic nursing.
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Write down specific examples of holistic nursing care while reflecting on your enactment of the holistic caring process.
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