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The Vital Role of Faith Community Nurses in Advancing Holistic and Equitable Health Care

American Nurse

2024) observed that older adults benefitted from culturally congruent faith-based care models that met their unique needs in areas with limited healthcare access. Conclusion Faith Community Nurses are essential agents of change in healthcare, uniquely positioned to address disparities through trust, cultural insight, and holistic care.

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Flipped Classroom

Penn Nursing

I became an advocate for self-care among my colleagues and patients, emphasizing that to care for others effectively, we must first care for ourselves. It taught me the true meaning of empathy and the importance of holistic care. I had no family history or chronic health conditions.

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Small Patients, Big Discoveries

Penn Nursing

It’s the caring. The holistic care.” I have the students use ChatGPT like a family would—arming themselves with facts and information,” says Bettencourt. “We We challenge them to understand what they bring to the table. The listening. The advocacy.

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Nurse-Driven Modality Passes the Smell Test

Consult QD

The patient is one of many who have used aromatherapy at Hillcrest Hospital since it was rolled out as a nurse-driven initiative in 2022. Aromatherapy is an important option in providing holistic care and an integral piece of the non-pharmacological toolkit for patient care,” says Hamm. “It

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Home Health CoPs Update: New Opportunities for OTs

Relias

OTs working in home health can initiate the start of care in more situations beginning in 2022 under changes to the Medicare conditions of participation (CoPs). PDGM also incentivizes agencies to be more collaborative in coordinating holistic care, rather than maintaining silos between disciplines.

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Integrating Holistic Approaches in Minority Nursing Practices

Minority Nurse

According to the AACA , in 2022, 80% of nurses in the United States were white/caucasian. Holistic nurses go beyond the physical and physiological aspects of medicine and focus on the values and beliefs of their patients.

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Connecting the dots with cannabis care

American Nurse

ACNA became an organizational affiliate of ANA in 2022. Now called Holistic Caring & The Green Nurse, the company has evolved to offer education, products, and services. To guide nurses in their practice, ANA has partnered with ACNA to publish Cannabis Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.