ABSTRACT
As part of a study of a larger study of self-identified holistic nurses, researchers asked nurses to describe practice situations where energy-based modalities (EBMs) were used. Four hundred and twenty-four nurses responded by writing free-text responses on an online survey tool. The participants were highly educated and very experienced with 42% holding graduate degrees and 77% having over 21 years of practice. Conventional content analysis revealed four themes: EMBs are 1) caring modalities used to treat a wide range of identified nursing concerns; 2) implemented across the life span and to facilitate life transitions; 3) support care for the treatment of specific medical conditions; and 4) Use of EBMs transcend labels of 'conditions' and are used within a holistic framework. The fourth theme reveals a shared vision of nursing work such that the modality becomes secondary and the need to address the 'whole' at an energetic level emerges as the primary focus of holistic nursing.
Subject(s)
Energy Transfer , Holistic Nursing/methods , Humans , Nurses/psychology , Qualitative ResearchSubject(s)
Accreditation , Hospitals/standards , Nursing Staff, Hospital/organization & administration , Nursing/organization & administration , Benchmarking , Career Mobility , Humans , International Cooperation , Job Satisfaction , Leadership , North America , Nursing Staff, Hospital/psychology , Nursing, Supervisory/organization & administration , Personnel Turnover , Physician-Nurse Relations , Professional Autonomy , United KingdomSubject(s)
Career Mobility , Nurses/psychology , Social Behavior , Social Networking , Humans , LeadershipSubject(s)
Interprofessional Relations , Leadership , Nursing Staff/psychology , Self Concept , HumansSubject(s)
Leadership , Motivation , Nursing Staff/organization & administration , Humans , United KingdomSubject(s)
Leadership , Nursing Theory , Evidence-Based Nursing , Humans , Nurse's Role , United KingdomSubject(s)
Employment/standards , Midwifery/standards , Nursing/standards , Female , Humans , Nurse-Patient Relations , Pregnancy , SafetySubject(s)
Communication , Leadership , Nursing Care , Patient Advocacy , Quality of Health Care , Humans , United KingdomSubject(s)
Licensure, Nursing , Nurse Administrators/organization & administration , Professional Autonomy , Societies, Nursing/organization & administration , Government Regulation , Health Care Reform/organization & administration , Humans , Leadership , Nurse Administrators/psychology , State Medicine/organization & administration , United KingdomABSTRACT
To help employers who are unsure about the types of issue that they should refer to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for investigation, the council has produced Advice and Information for Employers of Nurses and Midwives.
