Epsy Research Paper

YuyiLi

Dr. Melissa Bray

EPSY 1450W

07/28/2020

Research Paper

Thesis Statement

In the holistic theory approach, a person’s consciousness is an integration of the mind and body, although not contained in one part. The holistic view perceives each person as a whole being and relates both treatment and assessment of both the body and mind as the entire system. The paper discusses the analysis of the concept of a holistic view of body and mind as a whole system in treatment, assessment, and explanation of knowledge application in professional life. The paper also analyzes how holistic nurses treat and assess clients compared to regular nurses’ mode of treatment and assessment.

In the nursing practice, there have been significant challenges emerging in how human treatment goes or should be handled. One of these challenges is integrating the concept of mind, body, and spirit into nursing practice and the creation of models of treating clients. Therefore, it led to the introduction of specialists who focus on providing care to the entire person as a system instead of just managing the physical part of the body as the regular nurses do (Frisch & Rabinowitsch, 2019). With this kind of nursing, the nurses will be concentrating on treating the body and mind as a system. The concept of holistic nursing involves providing care to clients while addressing all the dimensions like physical, psychological, spiritual, and emotional. Nurses’ perceptions of comprehensive nursing care and the challenges encountered are considered to ensure assessment and treatment are appropriately conducted (Frisch & Rabinowitsch, 2019). Nurses who provide holistic care are different from ordinary nurses since they combine their scientific knowledge with intuitive skills to improve the outcomes of the client’s condition. Several research pieces have been conducted since holistic nursing was founded in 1980 by the American Comprehensive nurse association (Frisch & Rabinowitsch, 2019). The nurses have adequate knowledge of how to combine the aspects of a client’s life in service provision rather than focusing on the physical body.

From the fact that the mind and body are the fashion of this approach, the nurses have to utilize their holistic treatment with the actual mainstream patient care. When nurses use this holistic approach, they enhance patient outcomes and satisfaction. For instance, the patient with a physical illness may also have other psychological issues; thus, the holistic approach is the most effective in meeting the client’s needs. The nurses who utilize this approach to promote recovery of clients apply science and the art for activation of innate healing within individuals, thus empowering them.

Holistic medicine involves interventions that aim at healing the whole individual rather than a specific disease, particular body organs, or manifestations. It is also called allopathic medicine. The word holistic is generated from the Greek word ‘holos,’ which is referred to as a whole (Rob Yoder, 2018). Holistic medicine began more than 500 years ago before the introduction of medications. Holistic medicine emphasized healthy living, managing environmental factors, and emotional well-being.

In modern medicine, researches have been conducted to address contagious diseases and emergency conditions. It also aims at prevention strategies that promote individuals’ well-being and reduce the risk of medical conditions. Besides, the modern medicine is ly palliative hence ensuring clients’ comfort when suffering from chronic conditions. It also integrates the use of CAM to prolong life. Drugs are also used as prevention measures despite that they are also used to cure diseases, thus promoting well-being. Besides, western medicine utilizes evidence-based approaches to inform decision making concerning treatment (Caring Ambassadors, n.d.). It also encourages lifestyle changes such as engaging in physical activity, healthy nutrition, and maintaining a healthy weight to prevent chronic conditions.

Currently, various challenges have been associated with implementing holistic medicine in modern-day hospitals. Some of the difficulties encountered in the nursing practice are the inadequate time to provide comprehensive care to clients (Mandal, Seethalakshmi & Rajendrababu, 2020). Nurses mostly have many clients to attend to this; the time allocated to attend clients is limited. Besides, there are specialists in various areas like psychologists, intensivists, nutritionists, and social workers, where each of them has a vital role to play on clients’ care.  Another challenge is inadequate resources to provide care to clients, thus posing difficulties in holistic nursing.

The approach promotes healing among clients from all the dimensions of race and regional backgrounds. Similarly, various methods can be used in the concept analysis of holistic nursing, including the Rodgers approach (Cohen, & Boni, 2018). One of the unique things of holistic nursing with others is the assessment and treatment that focuses on the nursing care process’s mind and body. The holistic approach, as defined by many researchers, has to address matters to do with psychological and philosophical connections (Niu, Han, & Gong, 2016). Nurses have been reported to use complementary therapy and others in holistic nursing practices.

Again, research shows that in the 1990s, the authors clarified holistic nursing and the related concept in its practice. Therefore, this led to interventions that aimed at increasing this practice in the medical field. Comprehensive treatment and assessment utilize the current technology to recognize humanity’s totality and to expertise their already applied knowledge to the medical field (Cohen, & Boni, 2018). However, scorers and nurses require training by following the already existing models. Unlike standard medical work, this type usually gets used to the developed language and the designed models for treating clients as a whole than focusing on the specific issue presented.

References

Caring Ambassadors. (n.d.). Western Medicine. Retrieved from https://caringambassadors.org/healing/healthcare-options/western-medicine/

Cohen, B. S., & Boni, R. (2018). Holistic nursing simulation: A concept analysis. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 36(1), 68-78.

Frisch, N. C., & Rabinowitsch, D. (2019). What’s in a definition? Holistic nursing, integrative health care, and integrative nursing: Report of an integrated literature review. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 37(3), 260-272.

Mandal, L., Seethalakshmi, A., & Rajendrababu, A. (2020). Rationing of nursing care, a deviation from holistic nursing: A systematic review. Nursing Philosophy, 21(1), e12257.

Niu, J., Han, L., & Gong, F. (2016). Therapeutic effect of external application of ligustrazine combined with holistic nursing on pressure sores. Medical science monitor: international medical journal of experimental and clinical research, 22, 2871.

Rob Yoder. (2018). The History of Holistic Medicine. Retrieved on 7/28/2020 from https://castlecraig.co.uk/blog/2018/01/24/history-holistic-medicine