Nursing Education & Patient Safety

Holistic Nursing Practice

Holistic Nursing Practice (HNP), The Science of Health and Healing, is a semi-monthly peer-reviewed journal that explores holistic models of nursing practice. Content emphasizes complementary traditional and holistic nursing and health care practices. Articles include theory-based interventions and their outcomes, including innovations in holistic nursing practice; research related to holistic nursing practice, health care and policy; and the values ​​and ethical and legal issues related to holistic nursing practices. The holistic approach is a worldview that emphasizes the health and healing potential of human systems rather than the disease process and deficit.

The primary goal of holistic nursing is to address the social, cognitive, emotional, and physical issues of the patient by understanding their spiritual and cultural beliefs. Holistic nurses learn the five core values ​​of caring, critical thinking, holism, expanding the nursing role, and accountability that focus on the health of patients, their families, and allied health practitioners involved in patient care.