The article provides findings of understanding clinical supervisors (CSs) on spirituality and spiritual care in nursing practice. These participants who taught skills to students were registered for R425 SANC Nursing Curriculum. Revealed uncertainties regarding their implementation nursing. They expressed concernes that despite South African Council’s espoused holistic approach nursing, a gap s...

It is possible to understand the process of healing from a holistic perspective. According to the life mission theory, we can stretch our existence and lower our quality of life when we are in crises, to survive and adapt, and we can relax to increase our quality of life when we later have resources for healing. The holistic process theory explains how this healing comes about: Healing happens ...

BACKGROUND Many eHealth technologies are not successful in realizing sustainable innovations in health care practices. One of the reasons for this is that the current development of eHealth technology often disregards the interdependencies between technology, human characteristics, and the socioeconomic environment, resulting in technology that has a low impact in health care practices. To over...

edge, those are not the only factors that influence patient recovery. This chapter focuses on the intensive care environment, examining how it can influence physiologic measures and the holistic needs of the patient and family. Other modalities (e.g., spirituality and prayer) that may enhance a healing environment for the patient are described in Chapter 9. Many designs of critical care units p...

Presence is recognized as a quality and an intervention of nursing care. As technology replaces human touch, economic constraints decrease time spent with the patient and the demand for holistic care increases, the act and quality of presence gains significance. Presence is described as transformative to the patient care experience, having the potential to hinder or facilitate the healing proce...

A Whole Person Care model was developed by The New England School of Whole Health Education following a 2-year pilot study that demonstrated the transformational effects of whole health education. This holistic model of health education and behavioral interaction provides a tool for nurses, physicians, and staff to redirect the momentum of care toward in-the-moment, relationship-centered whole ...

Although originally developed for primary care, nurse prescribing is being extended to hospitals. A range of developments has made it increasingly relevant to hospital-based nurses, and it should enable them to provide more effective care. However, nurses must be aware of a number of professional issues to ensure prescribing is extended for the benefit of patients rather than other professional...