Title: "Holistic" - What does this mean to you? - Holistic Nursing - allnurses®
Headings: "Holistic" - What does this mean to you?
"Holistic" - What does this mean to you?
VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN
brighella
EmerNurse, BSN, RN
Barb101
healingtouchRN
CardioTrans, BSN, RN
healingtouchRN
zuzi
Barb101
VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN
guerrierdelion
nursingstudent317
amzyRN
Miss Chybil RN, BSN, RN

Content: huxley, e. florence nightingale. g.p. putnam's sons, new york, 1975, pp. 188-189)
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nursingstudent317
Jul 6, 2007
This is what comes to mind when I think of a holistic approach: When you ask your patient how she's doing today and she replies that her abdominal incision isn't hurting as much as yesterday, you repeat the question ("great, how are YOU doing today?") Knowing that beneath that gown may look like all the others but is unique and plays many roles, perhaps a sister, a mother, a teacher, a daughter, a spiritual being, a member of the community, a member of a culture, a member of a socio-economic group, oh... and a person that just had abdominal surgery. 0 Likes
amzyRN
Specializes in ED, Cardiac-step down, tele, med surg. Sep 11, 2007
Holistic means taking as much of th whole person into account when treating them for an illness. Mind, body, soul, spirit, culture, etc...Basically don't be a reductionist and merely focus on the measurable components. It surprises me at how many very smart people will adhere to such a small view of living things.