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HN 510 Holistic Nursing: Theory & Practice II Syllabus

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COURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to the online CE course; HN 510 – Holistic Nursing: Theory & Practice II

Upon successful completion of this course, students are awarded 50 contact hours of continuing education creditsCourse Code: HN 510.

This continuing education course continues the student’s education in the study of the theory and applications of Holistic and Integrative Nursing Sub-Specialty Practice. This comprehensive course moves from the more foundational theory and practice of the sub-specialty practice and provides for the study of the core elements of the heart of the specialty in clinical practice. Students will study issues related to obesity, nutrition and world-wide related nutritional issues. They will study major holistic theories and complementary modalities including mindfulness, meditation, movement, intention quantum theory and the research and implications for such in clinical holistic practice today.  The use of imagery in practice will be explored from a research outcomes perspective as well as an intervention in holistic practice. The role of the holistic nurse in developing a comprehensive body-mind-spirit plan of care and the use of the holistic nursing process is examined and implications for use in practice are discussed and reviewed. Students will then study therapeutic touch, it’s history, research outcomes and use in a holistic nursing practice setting for easing patients’ pain, stress and anxiety. A study and inquiry into energy healing and its various modalities is undertaken and students will examine the effectiveness and clinical outcomes of these modalities and learn how they can be incorporated into a holistic and integrative practice. The study of aromatherapy and the use of essential oils then is undertaken. Students will learn the essence of essential oils, how they are used in health care practices today, clinical effectiveness and outcomes and issues related to further education and credentialing for those interested in their use in practice. Aesthetics in nursing is examined in many dimensions and students will come away with a grounded understanding of its importance in inclusion of a holistic and integrative nursing practice.  The study of the peace end of life care is examined and holistic approaches to providing patients with peaceful transitions at the end of life are examined. Students will study the evolution from therapeutic communications to holistic communications and learn how to move forward in this important evolution in their own practices. Students then examine the newer role of the professional nurse coach and learn how the holistic nurse can also serve as a professional nurse coach to her/his clients in this sub-specialty practice. Course Code: HN 510. Contact hours of education: 50 hours.

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This Course is Board approved. The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc. is an Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Florida State Board of Nursing and the District of Columbia Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.The American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc. is a licensed Continuing Education Provider in the State of California, Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP 15595. Access Info

The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Arkansas Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Georgia Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the South Carolina Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Professional Registered Nurses. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the New Mexico Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.

Instructor/Course Author: Dominick L. Flarey, Ph.D, MBA,RN-BC, ANP-BC, GC-C
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Email: info@aihcp.org

This is a guided, independent study CE Course. You are to study and progress at your own rate. There are no written assignments. It is recommended that you follow this process for completion of the course :

1. Order your textbook for the course. Information and a link to order the book online are presented below.

2. Review the course objectives.

3. You are required to read/review all chapters in the assigned textbook, unless otherwise indicated by your instructor in this syllabus. As you read/review each chapter, you may want to stop and identify the corresponding questions on the exam related to the material of that chapter, and answer the questions on your printed out copy of the examination. You can obtain a printed copy of your examination simply by clicking on the link at the top of this syllabus “Printable Copy of The Exam.” This will allow you to work with your exam as you study the text book (s) and progress through your course. Then, when you have completed your examination using the printable copy, you will be ready to transfer your responses into the computer based examination program for final submission and grading. You can proceed doing this with each chapter, until you have completed your study of the textbook. Please read/review each chapter in sequence. Do not “skip” ahead, as each chapter builds upon the materials in the previous chapter.

4. Once you have completed all of the chapters in the textbook, you can proceed to your final online examination by clicking the “Access Online Exam” link below the course banner at the top of this syllabus. You can also download the exam as a PDF file by clicking on the “Printable Copy of The Exam” link next to Access Online Exam. If you wish you can print this file out as a printed off copy of your examination. Once you access the online exam you will see a screen that will ask you to input your Name, E-mail address, and your student ID/AH Number (AH####). Please fill out all of the requested information accurately. If you do not, we will not be able to identify who took the exam and your answers will be lost. The following slide will welcome you to your exam and present the introduction slide with further instructions on how to take the exam. Answer the questions to the best of your ability. There is only ONE correct response for each question.

5. When you have answered the final question, it will ask you to submit your answers. It will then show you your grade for the exam, and if you passed the exam it will allow you to review your answers. If you passed, the close button in the bottom right hand corner will take you to the course evaluation form. At which time, please fill out an evaluation so your grade can be processed. Once received, we will send you an e-mailed copy of your exam with the correct and incorrect answers.

5a. If you did not pass your examination, you will receive a notification stating failed. You will not receive any feedback on your answers. Please press the close button on the bottom right hand corner to exit your exam. At which point, contact the Assistant Executive Director @ Mark@aihcp.org,  for a chance to retake the exam. If you fail on your second attempt, you will fail the course and have to pay to retake it.

6. If you have successfully completed the examination with a passing score, we will process your CE Certificate, which will include the course title, the awarded contact hours of continuing education, and the date of completion. Your CE certificate will be e-mailed to you as a PDF file. You can expect to receive your certificate (via e-mailed PDF file) within 2-3 business days upon receipt of the completed evaluation form. No CE Course Certificate will be processed without a completed course evaluation. If you missed the course evaluation link after the exam, you can alternatively click the “Course Evaluation Form” at the top of this syllabus. Please note that the Organizations and the licensing Boards that provide our CE approvals all require that a course evaluation be completed by the course participant before a CE Course Certificate may be awarded; as such there are no exceptions. A course evaluation must be completed in order to receive your CE Course Certificate.

TIME FRAME: You are allotted two years from the date of enrollment, to complete this course. There are no set time-frames, other than the two year allotted time. If you do not complete the course within the two-year time-frame, you will be removed from the course and an “incomplete” will be recorded for you in our records. Also, if you would like to complete the course after this two-year expiration time, you would need to register and pay the course tuition fee again.

TEXTBOOKS: There is one (1) required textbook for this course.

Dossey & Keegan’s Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice: A Handbook for Practice 8th Edition, Jones & Bartlett Learning; 8th edition (December 7, 2020) Burlington, MA.

  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1284196526
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1284196528

Link to Purchase on Amazon.com: click here

READING/STUDY ASSIGNMENT: this course covers Chapters Twelve (12) through Twenty-Four (24) in the required textbook.

GRADING: You must achieve a passing score of at least 70% to complete this course and receive the 50 hours of awarded continuing education credit. There are no letter grades assigned. You will receive notice of your total % score. Those who score below the minimum of 70% will be contacted by AIHCP and will be permitted one more attempt to retake the online examination.

FINAL EXAMINATION: It is recommended that you click on the “Printable Copy of Exam” near the top of the syllabus. It will download as a PDF file. Below are detailed instructions on how to take your exam.

1). When ready to start your final examination for the course, please click on the “Access Online Exam” link near the top of the syllabus.

2). You will be prompted to input your Name, E-mail Address, and Student ID # (AH####). You must fill this out, the exam will not allow you to proceed if you do not. It is very important that you use your full name, your valid e-mail address and your student ID/AH Number. If you do not input your correct information, we will have no way of identifying your exam and it will be deleted! All unidentifiable exams are deleted!

3). Next you will be taken to the introduction screen for your exam. There will be detailed instructions on how to take the online exam. Please review them and when ready click the “Continue” button on the bottom right hand side of the screen to begin your exam.

4). When you have answered all of the questions and are happy with your answers, the exam will prompt you to either “SUBMIT ALL” or “RETURN TO EXAM”. If you are ready press “SUBMIT ALL”.

5). If you received a passing score, you will receive a “Congratulations, you passed” screen with a green check mark. You will have a chance to review your questions and answers. A copy of your exam will be e-mailed to you within 1-2 business days.

5a). If you failed the exam, you will receive a “You did not pass” with a red X. You will have no chance to review your questions and answers. At this point, please contact Administration, Mark D. Moran, Assistant Executive Director for instructions on re-taking the online examination. You may retake the online examination one time. You will receive full instructions regarding the re-take of the examination.

6). After receiving a passing score, click the “CLOSE” button in the bottom right hand corner to close out of the exam and be redirected to the course evaluation form. You must fill out the course evaluation form in order for your grade to be processed and for you to receive an CE certification.

Note: all of our Examinations are Copy Written

COURSE EVALUATION: upon submitting your responses to the examination questions, you are required to complete the online Course Evaluation Form.  This will take you directly to the online evaluation form. Complete the evaluation and be sure to click the “submit” button. CE certificates will not be sent unless a course evaluation is completed.

COMMUNICATION: this is a self-directed, independent study course. However, you may certainly submit to us questions or comments regarding the course materials. We will be sure to forward any questions you may have to the author of the course. You will then receive a follow-up response from the author. All of our course authors are fully educated and credentialed in the practice of Holistic Nursing. You may email any questions to: info@aihcp.org. Please be sure to include the full title of the course you are in, as well as the course code (provided above). If you have any questions at all or need any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTER: Our Technical Support Center is open Monday-Friday; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (EST).  You may e-mail technical support at: admn@aihcp.org   You may also phone us at: 330-652-7776. If you leave an e-mail after normal business hours, the Support Center will respond to you as soon as they open up the next business day.

INTERACTIVE STUDENT FACEBOOK GROUP
Please join the Interactive Facebook Group for Holistic Nursing!

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We host a private (students only) Facebook page for Holistic Nursing. This page is dedicated for private use by all students in our Holistic Nursing courses. We highly encourage all of our students to “join” this private group. The group is used for:

  • Providing interactions between all students in the Holistic Nursing education program.
  • All members may post on the page as well as download documents and photos.
  • Interactions between students and faculty.
  • Meeting new colleagues/friends who have the same interests in Holistic Nursing.
  • Providing a medium for Chat sessions among members of the group.
  • Providing new information to all student on an ongoing basis via posts in the room.
  • Stimulating discussions related to Holistic Nursing and other professional issues/topics.
  • Sharing articles, links to recommended websites, links to videos as well as links to events and other education resources.
  • Our staff provides up to date articles for your review. Articles are added almost on a daily basis. Reviewing the information is voluntary but highly recommended.

Joining the private Facebook group is voluntary. We do highly encourage you to join and participate. Your participation will enhance your learning and provide a platform for networking with your colleagues. Join the group today! You must ask for permission to join this group. Our staff will receive your permission notice and will verify your student status and then authorize your membership to the group page.

Important Information: You must have a Facebook account to join this group. If you have a Facebook account, just click on the link below and you will be taken to the Facebook sign in page. You would then log into your account. You will be on the Holistic Nursing private group page. Once you have clicked on the link, a notice will be sent to our administrative office and you will be authorized to the page. On your Facebook page, the group page will be listed on the left hand side of your page. You can click it at any time and enter the private page. If you do not have a Facebook account, it is easy to open one. The link below will take you to the sign in page and you can click on the link to open an account. Facebook accounts are free.

Click here to access the Holistic Nursing Private Facebook page

Click here to Join the Alternative & Holistic Health Care Public Face Book Page

AIHCP BLOG: Please visit our interactive web blog. Students and certified members are encouraged to visit our blog frequently. You will find useful articles, news, posts and much more related to the specialty area of Certification you are pursuing. Click the link above to access the blog. Then, click on the link on the right hand side that corresponds to the subject area you are studying. Feel free to posts replies, comments and news. Register to become active on the blog and contribute your own unique information for all to see and share. Sharing and interacting with your peers is an excellent learning process. By sharing you contribute to the ever growing body of knowledge in your specialty area.

STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER: Please access our student resource center. The Resource Center contains all of our current policies, as well as important information regarding classroom and examination accesses. Also included are trouble-shooting tips when a student has any difficulties with classroom or examination accesses. The Resource Center also provides other information regarding our continuing education and certification programs. Access to online libraries is also provided. To Access the Student Resource Center: click here.

Discussion Boards:  Please access the Discussion Boards by clicking on the Tab on the left side of your computer screen. The Discussion Boards are provided for our students as means to communicate with others taking courses in our  Holistic Nursing Courses and Programs.  You have full access to the Discussion Boards throughout the time you are enrolled in a course. They are a great means to meet others who are studying Holistic Nursing, exchange ideas, post questions and ideas, provide responses to other’s questions, provide links to outside resources and more.  Once you access the Discussion Boards, simply follow the instructions to create your own account and start reading and posting.

E-Learning Library: Please access our E-Learning Library by clicking on the Tab on the left side of your computer screen. The E-Learning Library is a free service for all of our students. It is an ever-growing library of FREE E-Books that you may access at any time. The books are produced by us professionally on a wide array of health care related topics. You may read and or download them for later references. We frequently add new E-Books to the library on an on-going basis. The E-Books are not related to this course and so are not required readings for this course.

Malpractice Insurance: Many are interested in seeking out companies that provide health care professional malpractice insurance. We have compiled a list of companies that you may contact directly regarding this. Most companies will provide you with a quote online. For information, click here.

Submit a Testimonial: Students and certified members may submit a testimonial to our public Testimonials Page. Visitors to our website, especially those considering our certification programs, are keenly interested in hearing about the experiences of health care professionals who are enrolled in our programs. To submit a Testimonial, simply access the online Form: Access Here. You may also preview our current Testimonials Page Here.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

  1. Examine global health and disease risk factors in relation to our modern food supply.
  2. Explore nutrition guidelines and the role of holistic nurses as educators and coaches.
  3. Integrate mindful eating practices into holistic nursing practice.
  4. Describe the benefits of exercise and mindful movement for populations with and without illness.
  5. Contrast the differences between a compliance and an engagement model of adherence in a holistic fitness program.
  6. Discuss how the nurse considers type, duration, and intensity of exercise and mindful movement uniquely for each person.
  7. Describe how exercise and mindful movement interventions are part of an integrated approach to support healing of the whole-person body-mind-spirit environment.
  8. Discuss the theory and development of the holistic caring process.
  9. Identify ways to enhance the nursing process through holistic ways of thinking and being.
  10. Discuss applications and implications of the holistic caring process in personal and professional settings, thereby translating theory into practice.
  11. Describe the quantum level theory as it relates to health.
  12. Discuss the role of intention in nursing.
  13. Synthesize the role of energetic interconnectedness into a better understanding of self, others, and nursing practice.
  14. Articulate a comprehensive conceptual model of the science behind body-mind interactions.
  15. Explain the interconnections of mind modulation and the autonomic, endocrine, immune, and neuropeptide systems.
  16. Recognize the implications of body-mind interactions for health.
  17. Incorporate the knowledge of body-mind interactions in planning nursing interventions and self-care.
  18. Explore select complementary and integrative healthcare practices.
  19. Appreciate the role of the holistic nurse, in partnership with the client, developing a therapeutic plan of care.
  20. Envision the integration of complementary and integrative healthcare practices into a therapeutic plan of care.
  21. Define and contrast the different types of imagery.
  22. Discuss the imagery process and the different theories of imagery.
  23. Explain different imagery interventions.
  24. Incorporate imagery interventions into your clinical practice.
  25. Articulate the need for mindful procedural and nonprocedural touch.
  26. Become more aware of your own feelings regarding touch.
  27. Develop ways to ease patient anxiety, pain, and stress through touch.
  28. Develop your abilities to become calm, focused and mindful before you use touch.
  29. Examine the integration of energy healing into holistic nursing practice.
  30. Explore the use of essential oils within a holistic nursing framework.
  31. Examine evidence-based therapeutic properties of essential oils
  32. Identify elements of a safe, effective aromatherapy program.
  33. Describe aesthetics in healing.
  34. Appreciate the interdisciplinary foundations of aesthetic expressions.
  35. Examine evidence that supports the healing power of aesthetics.
  36. Describe approaches to facilitate the integration of aesthetic expression strategies with self and others.
  37. Create a self-development plan that includes the integration of aesthetic expression for self and for the healing environment.
  38. Apply theories of grief, self-transcendence, and culture to assist the dying in peaceful and meaningful death.
  39. Contribute to the dying person’s peace of mind through the nurse’s Presence and natural approaches.
  40. Support the natural closing down of the body as it prepares for the final exhale
  41. Utilize trends in end-of-life care to maximize the dying person’s holistic caring process.
  42. Identify foundational theories and concepts in the development of therapeutic communication.
  43. Describe contemporary nursing theories and concepts foundational to the development of holistic communication.
  44. Identify and describe the concepts that distinguish holistic communication.
  45. Integrate foundational holistic communication processes into clinical practice.
  46. Integrate and utilize intention, centering, grounding, caring, healing, transcendent presence, and intuition in establishing a caring, healing field of communication.
  47. Engage in reflective practices to increase self-awareness and personal growth.
  48. Integrate and utilize intention, centering, presence, caring, and intuition in creating and maintaining a healing field of communication in daily life.
  49. Define the differences between therapeutic and healing relationships.
  50. Identify ways selected nursing theorists inform therapeutic and healing relationships.
  51. Identify holistic nursing competencies in the nurse-patient relationship.
  52. Gain insight into problematic relationships and how to manage them more effectively.
  53. Define the term Professional Nurse Coach.
  54. Compare the nursing process and the nurse coaching process.
  55. Examine the theory of integrative nurse coaching and the five components of the integrative nurse coach leadership model.
  56. Describe each of the four guiding principles of Motivational Interviewing (MI).
  57. Identify eight foundational assumptions of appreciative inquiry (AI).
  58. Describe the 4-D Cycle of appreciative inquiry.
  59. Describe the components and principles of cultural competence.
  60. Discuss cultural influences on beliefs and explanatory systems related to health and illness.
  61. Identify appropriate patterns, challenges, and needs of patients in the cultural domain.
  62. Explore interventions that reflect cultural competence.

COURSE CONTENT:

A brief abstract of content:

  • Obesity: A Current Global Nutrition Crisis
  • Eating to Promote Health Across the Life-Span
  • Exercise and Movement
  • Role of the Nurse in Exercise and Movement
  • Exercise and Innate Healing Mechanisms
  • Current Issues in Exercise and Innate Healing
  • Mindful Movement
  • Adherence in Mindful Movement
  • Implications of Mindful Movement
  • Holistic Caring Process: Background
  • Nursing Process and the Holistic Caring Process
  • Implications of the Processes
  • Health Policy
  • Energetic Interconnectedness: Shifting Paradigm
  • Interconnectedness: Always Interacting
  • Practice and Research in Energetic Interconnectedness
  • Psychoneuroimmunology
  • Stress and Health
  • Trauma
  • Emotions
  • Personality and Wellness
  • Social Support
  • Stress and Disease
  • Sleep
  • Epigenetics
  • Microbiome
  • Quantum Physics
  • Complementary and Integrative Health Care
  • Mindfulness and Meditation
  • Waking Up Awareness
  • Cultivating Conscious Mindful Awareness
  • Mindfulness and Global Ethics
  • Mindfulness, Meditation and Awareness Practices
  • Living and Practicing Mindful Awareness as a Holistic Nurse
  • Imagery
  • Theory and Research in Imagery
  • Utilizing the Power of the Imagination in Health Care
  • Clinical Techniques in Imagery
  • Holistic Caring Process
  • Touch and Hand-Mediated Therapies
  • Touching Styles
  • Body-Mind Communications
  • Overview of Selected Touch Interventions and Techniques
  • Holistic Caring Process for Touch Therapies
  • Energy Healing
  • The Practice of Energy Healing in Holistic Nursing
  • Overview of the Practice of Energy Healing
  • Future Research in Energy Healing
  • Aromatherapy
  • History of Aromatherapy
  • Taxonomy and Chemistry of Aromatherapy
  • Therapeutic Properties of Essential Oils
  • Commonly Used Essential Oils
  • Essential Oils Applications
  • Holistic Aromatherapy
  • Aromatherapy Credentialing
  • Health Care Aromatherapy Programs
  • Elements of a Health Care Aromatherapy Program
  • Aesthetics in Holistic Nursing
  • Background of Aesthetics in Nursing
  • Nature and Movement
  • The Labyrinth
  • Reflective Writing
  • Peaceful Transitions at the End of Life
  • Theoretical Frameworks
  • Meditative Approaches at the End of Life
  • Aromatherapy at the End of Life
  • The Body Shutting Down
  • Trends in End of Life Care
  • Allow Natural Death
  • Evolving from Therapeutic to Holistic Communication
  • Theory and Research
  • Nursing Theory Related to Holistic Communication
  • Therapeutic Communication Skills
  • Distinguishing Characteristics of a Holistic Orientation to Communication
  • Tools and Practices to Enhance Holistic Communication
  • Caring, Healing Responses to Frequently Asked Questions and Statements
  • Relationships
  • Theory and Research Related to Relationships
  • Relationship Theories
  • Therapeutic Relationships in Holistic Nursing
  • Nurse-Patient Relationship
  • Relationships to Other Living Beings
  • Spirituality and Relationship to a Higher Power
  • Qualities that Enhance Relationships
  • Disorders in Relationships
  • Nurse Coaching
  • The Evolution of the Field of Health Coaching and Nurse Coaching
  • The Art and Science of Nurse Coaching
  • Nurse Coaching and Change
  • The Nursing Process and the Nurse Coaching Process
  • The Theory of Integrative Nurse Coaching and the Integrative Nurse Coach Leadership Model
  • The Nurse Coach Five-Step Process
  • Case Studies in Nurse Coaching