Dossey & Keegan's Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice: A Handbook for Practice. This item is unavailable.Dossey & Keegan's Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice: A Handbook for Practice

Dossey & Keegan's Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice, Eighth Edition covers basic and advanced concepts of holism, demonstrating how holistic nursing spans all specialties and levels. This text is distinguished by its emphasis on theory, research, and evidence-based practice essential to holistic nursing. Students and professionals alike need a comprehensive, up-to-date text to guide them in learning holistic nursing concepts and how to integrate those concepts into clinical practice and their daily lives. This approach prepares students and professionals to incorporate a holistic philosophy in both their work and personal lives to better communicate with patients and provide whole-person patient care. - Sections are aligned with the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) Core Values to guide the reader through foundations of holistic nursing. - Include updates related to the 3rd edition of AHNA/ANA Holistic Nursing Scope and Standards (2019) - Expanded content on self-reflection and self-care - Revised chapter on "Professional Development Across the Lifespan" expands on the integration of holism into education and practice - "Advanced Practice Nursing" section will include additional topics such as leadership and approaches for chronic health challenges to encourage continued holistic practice by advanced practice nurses. - Case studies incorporated throughout chapters help readers make the connections to put holistic theories and concepts into practice.

Mary Helming PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, AHN-BC is a family nurse practitioner, Professor of Nursing at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, and an advanced holistic nurse . Her research interests include spirituality in nursing, near death experience, prayer and healing, and educating nurse practitioner students about holism and integrative healthcare. Dr. Helming has over 30 years of experience as a family nurse practitioner in family practice, internal medicine, and occupational health. She has published several articles, several book chapters and she reviews for three journals. Dr. Helming served as a Co-Associate Editor for Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice and has presented at AHNA conferences and nurse practitioner conferences. She is very grateful for the incredible friendship and guidance of Drs. Barbie Dossey and Lynn Keegan, and the work of her current co-editors. Deborah Shields, RN, PhD, CCRN, QTTT, AHN-BC is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, a staff nurse in PACU at Doctors Hospital OhioHealth in Columbus, and a has a private practice as a Qualified Therapeutic Touch teacher, practitioner and mentor. With over 30 years of experience in clinical practice and nursing education, Dr. Shields is committed to the Core Values of Holistic Nursing and passionate about exploring ways to integrate caring concepts into our lives, weaving these into heart-centered, intentional care practices for self and other. She presents widely on a number of topics grounded in holistic practice, sharing her ideas with local, national and international interdisciplinary audiences. Dr. Shields' research interests include the experience of receiving Therapeutic Touch in people living with heart failure, exploring meaning in nursing and near death experiences. She serves as a nursing journal reviewer and recently published an aesthetic narrative. Her role in professional associations provides her with opportunities to connect with holistic nurses and interdisciplinary healthcare colleagues around the world. Dr. Shields is deeply grateful to her co-editors and mentors in this work.