Comprehensive Self-Assessment and Self-Reflection.

Comprehensive Self-Assessment and Self-Reflection.

Introduction.

Holistic nursing entails speciality I the ability to integrate ones’ spirit, body and mind and the environment. It is an advanced level of the healthcare profession that is of the recent past gaining popularity fast enough. The theoretical basics attached to holistic nursing include, “Empowered Holistic Nursing Education”, “An introduction to the theoretical Basis of Nursing”, and the “Science of unitary human beings.” The American Nurses Association (ANA), recognized these theories leading them to be a mandatory part of the nursing training and practice. This aspect of nursing, as evident in the arguments, employs the three elements of body, mind and spirit in a bid to solve illnesses. Self-assessment and reflection are thus incorporated in holistic nursing as a rite of passage to all nurses.

Concepts of Holistic Nursing.

According to (Dossey, Montgomery., et al., 19), the concepts of holistic nursing care set to guide the implementation of nursing practices. These concepts act as a drive and a regulator to the training and general service offered by nurses to patients. The concepts refer to provisional care tp patients and are based on a mutual understanding of their emotional, physical, psychological and the spiritual dimension. From experience, I can attest to the effectiveness of these concepts in so far as nursing is concerned. The effective attached to it may be verified from the perspective of the recovery time taken. Should one effective apply the concepts of holistic nursing, both research and my experience have proved that one is bound to recovering much faster. Approaches and interventions inscribed in holistic nursing care play a critical role alongside the medication. This is the mother of holistic medicines too. An aspect that is fast being adopted by many different people and organizations.

Life Experiences.

In my opinion, nursing is the most exciting field of practice the world has ever had. This claim can be supported by my personal experiences. My experience can be traced decades ago before I even joined the nursing field. As a young fellow in much pain and agony, after an accident, I can into conduct with a nurse for the first time. In the first week of my admission at the hospital, life was like hell. This could probably be related to the person I met. Weeks later, the hospital turned to my new home and place of rest with my new nurse. How she would encourage, tell motivating stories, pray and be ready to assist, changed my perspective of who nurses are or should be like. After days of pain, upon recovering, I made up my mind to joining the field to help save human life. I can say I started the learning process long before entering school. And practising, I have met different cases some that don’t need drugs but a psychological shape up to help one recover for though they are ill. Such aspects make me appreciate the value and need for holistic nursing care.

Integration of Holistic Nursing Principles into Personal and Professional life.

Five major principles guide holistic nursing. These principles include; holistic caring, comprehensive communication and cultural competence, holistic ethics, holistic education and philosophy and the general holistic nurse self-care (Papathanassiou, Loanna., et al. 37). This core principles, I may say, have shaped my life to take a different course. Regarding my personal life, from holistic communication and cultural competence, I have learnt to live with and accommodate other people regardless of their beliefs and stands. This has helped stay harmoniously with people from different backgrounds and cultures. Professionally, holistic nursing principles well fitted into my carrier. They shaped my way of tackle to stressful situations and decision-making processes. From my experience, I am justified to say that nursing without holistic nursing principles is not nursing but a general art of generosity. It is these principles that enable one to offer professional assistance other than work for pay. I learnt to provide services that are geared towards creating an impact as opposed to those that are money

Reflection and applied concepts

A bio-psycho-social model of care is what guides the application of holistic nursing approaches. This model encompasses the aspects of the psychological, biological and social wellbeing of an individual. All these aspects play a vital role in the healing process of illnesses that humans are met with (Kinchen & Elizabeth 16)

In reflecting on the concepts of holistic nursing, three central themes emerge. These themes include; recovery-which is bringing holistic nursing to life, gaining self-awareness through assessment and influencing practice. It is these themes that impact on the lives of those in the nursing field.  In general, holistic nursing has had a significant impact on the medical world. It has helped save situations and lives. People are way more confident with medics that they were a decade ago. To the nurses, the recovery course has had a significant impact on their attitude to nursing and the nursing practice in general.

References.

Dossey, Barbara Montgomery, and Lynn Keegan. Holistic nursing: A handbook for practice. Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2013.

Papathanasiou, Ioanna, Melachrini Sklavou, and Lambrini Kourkouta. “Holistic nursing care: theories and perspectives.” American Journal of Nursing Science 2.1 (2013): 1-5.

Kinchen, Elizabeth. “Development of a quantitative measure of holistic nursing care.” Journal of Holistic Nursing 33.3 (2015): 238-246.