Holistic nursing: a handbook for practice

"This market-leading resource in holistic nursing is published in cooperation with the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA). Each chapter is revised and updated by contributors from the best-selling Fifth Edition, as well as new thought leaders from the field of holistic nursing. Chapters begin with Nurse Healer Objectives that are divided into theoretical, clinical, and personal subject areas, and then conclude with Directions for Future Research and Nurse Healer Reflections to encourage readers to delve deeper into the material and reflect on what they have learned in each chapter, This text is organized by the five core values contained within the Standards of Holistic Nursing Practice: Core Value 1: Holistic Philosophy, Theories, and Ethics Core Value 2: Holistic Caring Process Core Value 3: Holistic Communication, Therapeutic Environment, and Cultural Diversity Core Value 4: Holistic Education and Research Core Value 5: Holistic Nurse Self-Care."--Publisher's website.

Nursing: integral, integrative, and holistic -- Local to global -- Holistic nursing: scope and standards of practice -- Current trends and issues in holistic nursing -- Transpersonal human caring and healing -- Nursing theory in holistic nursing practice -- Holistic ethics -- The holistic caring process -- Self-assessments -- Nursing coaching -- Facilitating change: motivational interviewing and appreciative inquiry -- Cognitive behavioral therapy -- Nutrition -- Exercise and movement -- Humor, laughter and play -- Relaxation -- Imagery -- Music: a caring healing modality -- Touch and hand-mediated therapies -- Dying in peace -- Weight management counseling -- Smoking cessation -- Addiction and recovery counseling -- Aromatherapy -- Relationship-centered care and healing initiative in a community hospital -- Exploring integrative medicine: the story of a large, urban, tertiary care hospital -- Evolving from therapeutic to holistic communication -- Environmental health -- Cultural diversity and care -- The psychology of body-mind healing -- Spirituality and health -- Energy healing -- Holistic nursing research: challenges and opportunities -- Evidence-based practice -- Teaching fut…