HEALING PRACTICESHEALING PRACTICESComplementary, Alternative, and Holistic Complementary, Alternative, and Holistic

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Quote to Begin

“Disease can be our spiritual flat tires-disruptions in our lives that seem to be disasters at the time but end by redirecting our lives in a meaningful way.”

Bernie S. Siegel, M.D

MEANINGFUL WAY

We have the power to solve our own problems.

We are responsible for the patterns of our lives.

Personal satisfactionContribution to the society

HEALING

Mind and body Biological

Psychological Emotional Spiritual

Environmental aspects

TERMINOLOGYAlternative MedicineComplementary MedicineIntegrative MedicineWestern Medicine

Conventional MedicineBiomedicine Allopathic Medicine

TERMINOLOGY

MainstreamModernWesternAllopathicConventionalOrthodoxBiomedicineScientific

Complementary/ AlternativeAncientEasternHomeopathic;

holisticUnconventionalTraditionalNatural

medicineIndigenous

healing methods

INTEGRATIVE MEDICINEDr. Andrew Weil

Vitamin therapyMassage therapyDiet Life style changeSpiritual healing/Prayer

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

Umbrella term for many types of practitioners

At least thousands of years oldEgyptian, Chinese, Asian Indian, Greek,

Persian, Native American

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

“Broad range of healing philosophies, approaches, and therapies that conventional medicine does not commonly use, accept, study, understand, or make available.”

NCCAM, 2003

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

Self –healing process exists within each individual.

We are responsible for making decisions regarding our own health.

Nature, time, and patience are the great healers.

ORIGIN OF DISEASEAllopathic

GermsGenesMetabolic errorChemical

imbalanceSolution:VaccineAntibioticChemical

compound

AlternativeLife force (energy)Balance (harmony)

OrgansBody systemsOther individualsSocietyEnvironment

MEANING OF HEALTHAllopathic

Absence of diseaseState of well-being

Alternative MedicineWholenessBalanceHarmony of body,

mind, emotion & spiritual health

MEANING OF HEALTHPhysical aspects:

Optimal functioning of all body systemsEmotional aspects:

Ability to feel and express human emotionMental aspects:

Feeling of self–worth, a positive identity, a sense of accomplishment, appreciation, creation

Environmental aspects:Physical, biologic, economic, social and political

conditionsSpiritual aspects :

Self, others, society, moral values, finding meaningful purpose in life.

Connection with others, sacredness and unity of all life, sense of fairness and justice to all members of society

HEALTH PROMOTIONAllopathic:

Disease preventionAlternative

Lifelong processOptimal

development of our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual and environmental selves.

Individual’s worldview

ValuesLifestyle Health beliefsHealthier lifestyleHow to handle

common health problem on their own

TEN RULES FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM

National Institutes of Health (2002)

1. Care based on continuous healing relationships.

2. Customization based on patient needs and values.

3. The patient as the source of control.

4. Shared knowledge and the free flow of information.

5. Evidence-based decision making.

6. Safety as a system property.

7. The need for transparency.

8. Anticipation of needs.

9. Continuous decrease in waste.

10. Cooperation among clinicians.

INTEGRATIVED NURSING PRACTICE

Nursing qua medicine“nurses helping doctors practice medicine”

Nursing qua nursing“Practicing the distinct art and science of nursing”

CARING

CompassionSensitivityInvolvement with the careNot day-to-day job

SELF-CARE

“One’s own welfare or advantage”Self-value and careReducing unnecessary stressManaging conflict more effectivelyCommunicating with othersTaking time to take care of yourselfHaving a daily routine

GUIDELINES FOR SELF-CARE Jahnke, 1997:

Choose self-care activities that appeal to you and fit into your lifestyle.

Do one or more of these practices every day. Consider them as important as you do rest and daily hygiene activities.

Seek guidance and support from teacher/practitioners if appropriate.

Find a good spot for your practice that is physically and mentally comfortable

Build up your practice slowly. Success is not gained by aggressive or compulsive practice.

Look for opportunities to practice with others.Focus on relaxing. The foundation of all self-healing, health

enhancement, stress mastery, and personal empowerment is deep relaxation.

PRINCIPLES OF NURSES-HEALERS’ PRACTICEKeegan, L (1994). The Nurse as Healer. Albany NY: Delmar.

1. There is a unity and interdependence within the mind, body, and spirit.

2. Health is a process that may include disease.

3. One’s attitudes and beliefs toward life (mental-emotional energy fields or consciousness) are a major etiological factor in health and disease.

4. One’s health and disease are manifested in one’s life, habits, and conscious, awareness, as well as the body’s physical being and energy.

5. The self is empowered with the ability to create or maintain health/ disease.

6. Changes in health can occur through experiential learning, which is defined as a change in behavior that occurs as a result of living through an activity, event, or situation.

7. Experiential learning is essential to changing one’s lifestyle for high-level wellness.

8. Human beings are energy fields.

PRINCIPLES OF NURSES-HEALERS’ PRACTICE

9. Healing involves a transformational change that encompasses the whole person; it requires the involvement of the spiritual, emotional. and intellectual domains as well as the physical body.

10. Energy field can become unbalanced as a response to stress in any one of the three domains of body, mind, and spirit.

11. The client-practitioner relationship is one of equal partnership- equal with differing responsibilities.

PRINCIPLES OF NURSES-HEALERS’ PRACTICE

12. Any modality or health system that supports healing should be valued.

13. Each health system should be respected for the resources and the tools that it offers while being challenged to prove its credibility.

14. Each person is an open system with the environment without separating boundaries.

15. Energy fields are constantly interacting.

PRINCIPLES OF NURSES-HEALERS’ PRACTICE

QUOTE FROM SANAI

“When you arrive at the sea, you do not talk of the tributary.”

Hakim Sanai, The Walled Garden of Truth