Journal of Holistic Nursing 

About: Journal of Holistic Nursing is an academic journal published by SAGE Publishing. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Holistic nursing & Health care. It has an ISSN identifier of 0898-0101. Over the lifetime, 1117 publications have been published receiving 20435 citations.

Phenomenology: an exploration.

Abstract: Investigators who use phenomenological approaches to understand experiences of human healing, caring, and wholeness need to consider the differences that exist between descriptive and hermeneutic phenomenology. In this article, these two approaches are compared and contrasted with respect to roots, similarities, and differences. Guidelines are offered to assist prospective investigators in selecting the approach most suitable to personal cognitive style and beliefs about the ways humans experience and find meanings during transitions through wellness and illness to advance nursing knowledge in a holistic view.

A Concept Analysis of Person-Centered Care

Abstract: The term person-centered care (PCC) has been frequently used in the literature, but there is no consensus about its meaning. This article uses Walker and Avants’s method of concept analysis as a framework to analyze PCC. A literature search was completed and data were collected using several search engines (CINAHL, Medline, PubMed, and Cochrane Review). The key words used were “individualized-care,” “person-centered care,” “patient-centered care,” “client-centered care,” and “resident-centered care.” Attributes, antecedents, and consequences of PCC were identified. Empirical referents were provided to measure PCC from the perspective of the person receiving care and finally, a model case provides an exemplar of the concept.

Holistic nursing practice.

Abstract: The American Holistic Nurses’ Association’s (AHNA; 1997) description of holistic nursing is a blend of two viewpoints. One states that “holism involves studying and understanding the interrelationships of the bio-psycho-social-spiritual dimensions of the person, recognizing that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts” (AHNA, 1997, p. 345). The other description involves integration, rather than interrelationships: “Holism involves understanding the individual as an integrated whole interacting with and being acted on by both internal and external environments” (AHNA, 1997, p. 345). Any discussion of the practice of holistic nursing must take both descriptions into account. In many ways, the problem the AHNAfaces in describing holism is similar to that which confronts physicists. Both must deal with the dilemma of the fact that reality is complex and can be viewed from below or within a situation and from above or outside of that situation. The artistry is to do both at the same time. A simple example of the problem that physicists face would be two views of the ocean. An astronaut sees the planet as a watery mass and clearly sees how the oceans are connected but interspersed with large and small bodies of land that seem to separate an inseparable whole. This might be called a global view. But when you go to the beach on a hot summer day, you stand and watch a different, but equally true view of that same watery planet. As you watch the waves break on the shore, you can notice drops of water that separate from the whole of the ocean for just a short time. In that brief existence, a water droplet obeys different physical laws than it does when it is part of the whole. This can be considered an individual, or phenomenon, view (Herbert, 1985). Physics’

Self-Compassion A Concept Analysis

Abstract: This concept analysis uses a modification of the evolutionary method (Rodgers, 1989) to identify the antecedent, attributes, and consequences of self-compassion. The antecedent to self-compassion i...

Loving-kindness meditation for chronic low back pain: results from a pilot trial.

Abstract: Purpose: Loving-kindness meditation has been used for centuries in the Buddhist tradition to develop love and transform anger into compassion. This pilot study tested an 8-week loving-kindness program for chronic low back pain patients. Method: Patients (N = 43) were randomly assigned to the intervention or standard care. Standardized measures assessed patients’ pain, anger, and psychological distress. Findings: Post and follow-up analyses showed significant improvements in pain and psychological distress in the loving-kindness group, but no changes in the usual care group. Multilevel analyses of daily data showed that more loving-kindness practice on a given day was related to lower pain that day and lower anger the next day. Conclusions: Preliminary results suggest that the loving-kindness program can be beneficial in reducing pain, anger, and psychological distress in patients with persistent low back pain. Implications: Clinicians may find loving-kindness meditation helpful in the treatment of patients with persistent pain.