Links
INTEGRAL & HOLISTIC HEALTH
• http://www.dosseydossey.com - Dr. Barbara Dossey is one of my favorite nurses of all time! She is a tireless champion for nursing who reminds us of the ongoing relevance of Florence Nightingale's vision for what nursing is and can be. Dr. Dossey is a premier integral-holistic health nursing pioneer and role model, who first introduced me to the concepts and science of holistic health and psychoneuroimmunology (PNI). PNI is the study of the effect of holistic modalities on mind-body health. PNI scientifically explains why we feel better after a therapeutic massage, Reiki, guided imagery, relaxation or really any holistic health-caring-healing experience. Dr. Dossey's work on the Theory of Integral Nursing (TIN) provides a beautifully unified, articulate description of the complexities of nursing and its contribution to health and wellness.
• http://www.watsoncaringscience.org - Watson Caring Science Institute is a web repository for up to date information on Dr. Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring. My education, research and practice in holistic-integral nursing are guided by this theoretical framework.
• http://nursemanifestblog.wordpress.com/ - Nurse Manifest is a study that was done by Dr. Peggy Chinn and colleagues to learn what nurses view as the facilitators and barriers to their practice. Dr. Chinn developed the Peace & Power process for sharing power, valuing diversity and empowering action and voice to create a more socially just and egalitarian work place and world. To find more information on Dr.
• http://www.ahna.org - The American Holistic Nurses Association is my home away from home. It is a place where I meet with like minded nurses who value the contribution of holistic modalities to improving health and wellness for ourselves and those we care for and with.
• http://nccam.nih.gov/ - The National Institute of Health's (NIH), National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is a site where you can find information on integral-holistic modalities and the current medical research.
• http://www.thenpa.org - The Nurse Practitioner Association of New York State (NYS) works with healthcare policy makers to remove barriers to Nurse Practitioner (NP) practice in NYS. Please support the very important bill called the NP Modernization Act by contacting your local and state legislators to vote yes for this bill in 2012! This will allow NP's to practice fully under the scope of their practice and remove the current barrier to free trade called the mandatory collaborative practice agreement, which is an outdated requirement. 18 other states have already removed this barrier!