Healing Practices: Alternative Therapies for Nursing

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Written from a nursing perspective, this comprehensive overview of alternative health practices and complimentary therapies covers the principles, techniques, research, health promotion methods and healing practices for specific illnesses and symptoms—motivating readers to explore alternative approaches, increase their knowledge about factors which contribute to health and illness, and expand their professional practice appropriately. Describes alternative practices, their backgrounds and claims, preparation of ...
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Written from a nursing perspective, this comprehensive overview of alternative health practices and complimentary therapies covers the principles, techniques, research, health promotion methods and healing practices for specific illnesses and symptoms—motivating readers to explore alternative approaches, increase their knowledge about factors which contribute to health and illness, and expand their professional practice appropriately. Describes alternative practices, their backgrounds and claims, preparation of practitioners, concepts, diagnostic methods, treatments, and evidence of research studies. Provides suggestions for implementing alternative healing therapies into Western health care systems, and introduces the philosophical approaches to both Western biomedicine and alternative or complementary medicine. Considers systematized health care practices, botanical healing—including herbs, nutritional supplements, and aromatherapy; manual healing methods, such as chiropractic, massage, and pressure point therapies, hand-mediated biofield therapies, and physical-biofield therapies; mind-body techniques, including yoga, hypnotherapy, and biofeedback; spiritual approaches (working with shamans and the use of faith and prayer); and other alternative therapies, such as bioelectromagnetics. "Try This" boxes discuss focused breathing, visualization, emotional first aid, improving dream recall, absorbing earth energy, interacting with your pet, and more. For nurses and allied health professionals.

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

This enlightening and informative text provides a comprehensive overview of alternative health practices and complimentary therapies from a nursing perspective. It covers the principles, techniques, research, health promotion methods and healing practices for specific illnesses and symptoms. Empowering students with a broad understanding on alternative therapies that will help guide them in their future practice decisions, the book acts as a catalyst. Students are motivated to explore alternative approaches, increasing their knowledge about factors which contribute to health and illness. This spurs students to take a leadership role in educating clients in the use of these therapies to promote health and well-being. The book begins with introductory concepts, followed by a presentation of ancient systematized health care practices, then devotes the remainder of the text to a variety of therapies with information on how nurses can integrate that knowledge into their practices.

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Reviewer: Jamesetta A. Newland, MS, RN, CS, FNP(Pace University)
Description: This is a work of selected alternative therapies useful in nursing, conceptually and practically, from a holistic nursing framework.
Purpose: The author's stated purpose is to motivate nurses to explore alternative approaches to health and wellness and thereby expand their professional practice.
Audience: It is definitely written for nurses — all nurses in any practice setting. The author states, "Nursing is in a unique position to take a leadership role in integrating alternative healing methods into Western health care systems."
Features: Content covered includes philosophical approaches to conventional and alternative medicine, different methods in the categories of botanical herbs, manual healing, mind-body techniques, and others. One unique feature in the book is the 'Try This" exercise highlighted for a particular therapy in most chapters. Readers are guided through a personal experience of the method, which allows them a chance to practice, become familiar with the therapy, and form preliminary ideas about its applicability and feasibility in their practice. The book contains black-and-white illustrations. Numerous boxes throughout provide succint highlights of what sometimes gets lost in the text. Each chapter begins with a philosophical concept related to that therapy and ends with integrated nursing practice. Relevant research findings are also presented. The strong, sometimes forceful focus on nursing limits the appeal to other disciplines.
Assessment: This book is an acceptable adjunct to a more comprehensive text.
Jamesetta A. Newland
This is a work of selected alternative therapies useful in nursing, conceptually and practically, from a holistic nursing framework. The author's stated purpose is to motivate nurses to explore alternative approaches to health and wellness and thereby expand their professional practice. It is definitely written for nurses -- all nurses in any practice setting. The author states, "Nursing is in a unique position to take a leadership role in integrating alternative healing methods into Western health care systems." Content covered includes philosophical approaches to conventional and alternative medicine, different methods in the categories of botanical herbs, manual healing, mind-body techniques, and others. One unique feature in the book is the 'Try This" exercise highlighted for a particular therapy in most chapters. Readers are guided through a personal experience of the method, which allows them a chance to practice, become familiar with the therapy, and form preliminary ideas about its applicability and feasibility in their practice. The book contains black-and-white illustrations. Numerous boxes throughout provide succint highlights of what sometimes gets lost in the text. Each chapter begins with a philosophical concept related to that therapy and ends with integrated nursing practice. Relevant research findings are also presented. The strong, sometimes forceful focus on nursing limits the appeal to other disciplines. This book is an acceptable adjunct to a more comprehensive text.
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Written from a nursing perspective, this overview of alternative health practices and complementary therapies covers principles, techniques, research, health promotion methods, and healing practices. Describes alternative practices such as Chinese medicine and shamanism, their claims, and diagnostic methods and treatment, and compares Western and alternative approaches. Botanical, mind-body, and spiritual approaches are all addressed. Includes many experiential exercises. The author teaches at Purdue University Calumet. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

3 Stars from Doody
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780838503850
  • Publisher: Appleton & Lange
  • Publication date: 10/22/1999
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 452
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.03 (h) x 0.73 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface
Unit I Healing Practices: Complementary/Alternative Therapies for Nurses 1
Ch. 1 Integrative Healing 3
Ch. 2 Basic Concepts Guiding Alternative Therapies 23
Unit II Systematized Health Care Practices 43
Ch. 3 Traditional Chinese Medicine 45
Ch. 4 Ayurvedic Medicine 67
Ch. 5 Native American Healing and Curanderismo 92
Unit III Botanical Healing 111
Ch. 6 Herbs and Nutritional Supplements 113
Ch. 7 Naturopathy 134
Ch. 8 Homeopathy 142
Ch. 9 Aromatherapy 153
Unit IV Manual Healing Methods 169
Ch. 10 Chiropractic 171
Ch. 11 Massage 183
Ch. 12 Pressure Point Therapies 204
Ch. 13 Hand-Mediated Biofield Therapies 220
Ch. 14 Combined Physical and Biofield Therapies 233
Unit V Mind-Body Techniques 243
Ch. 15 Yoga 245
Ch. 16 Meditation 259
Ch. 17 Hypnotherapy and Guided Imagery 276
Ch. 18 Dreamwork 293
Ch. 19 Biofeedback 309
Ch. 20 Movement-Oriented Therapies 317
Unit VI Spiritual Therapies 331
Ch. 21 Shamans 333
Ch. 22 Faith and Prayer 344
Unit VII Other Therapies 361
Ch. 23 Bioelectromagnetics 363
Ch. 24 Detoxifying Therapies 378
Ch. 25 Animal-Assisted Therapy 388
App Alternative Therapies for Common Health Problems 406
Index 431
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