The Nurse as an Instrument of Healing

The Nurse as an Instrument of Healing
Deborah McElligott
Nurse Healer OBJECTIVES
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Theoretical
  • Discuss the importance of self-care related to health promotion efforts on a national and international level.
  • Review the integration of nursing theory into self-care fostering the nurse as an instrument of healing.
  • Define the concepts of self-care, health promotion, health/wellness, and healing.
  • Review the qualities of self-care as the core of healing relationships and health promotion.
  • Describe the dynamics between self-care, healing, and health promotion.
Clinical
  • Identify components of a holistic selfassessment.
  • Describe benefits of a holistic self-care plan.
  • Describe the qualities and the nurse’s role in a healing intervention.
  • Discuss the role of the nurse coaching others in self-care.
Personal
  • Complete a holistic self-assessment tool.
  • Develop weekly, monthly, and long-term self-care goals.
  • Develop self-care practices to expand selfawareness and enhance presence, intuition, and healing abilities.
  • Identify and mobilize a self-care support team.
  • Routinely reassess and set priorities and time for healing of self to align with the qualities of being an instrument of healing.
Jun 21, 2016 | Posted by in NURSING | Comments Off on The Nurse as an Instrument of Healing

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