COURSE INFORMATION

This Continuing Education course in Holistic/Integrative Nursing Theory and Practice continues the student’s study in the core concepts of this subspecialty. It begins with an inquiry in issues related to environmental health with an emphasis on the most pressing issues society faces today such as environmental toxins, clean water, air quality and climate change. Other major environmental issues are examined such as noise and the stress response as well as radiation levels in our environments. Implications for holistic/integrative practice are examined. Students will then study from a broad and then more focused concentration the topics of holistic education, research, and advanced concepts related to Holistic/Integrative Nursing Practice. Personal development as a holistic/integrative nurse are examined, as well as various types of education program and continuing education as an ongoing path of personal development. The study of creating, appraising, and applying evidence to enhance holistic/integrative nursing practice is examined. Students will also examine advanced pharmacotherapeutics as they relate to holistic/integrative health care practice. This study will include many herbs, botanicals, and supplements most commonly utilized in this subspecialty practice. Both therapeutic uses and benefits are examined as well as contraindications for selected conditions. The Role of the Advanced Holistic Nurse is studied related to practice with patients with chronic noncommunicable disease health challenges. Client care and collaboration with client families is examined. Implications for practice are examined. Students will also undertake the study of Cognitive-Affective Strategies to promote resilience and well-being for their clients; including meditation and mindfulness interventions and therapies. An examination of holistic approaches in substance use recovery and smoking cessation are also presented. Sacred medicine, including current trends are presented in this course and there will be examination into the endocannabinoid system, including sacred medicine modalities. This course will also present concepts and theories on Global Holistic Nursing. Prerequisites for enrolling into this course are: 1. Must have successfully completed HN 500 and HN 510. Course Code: HN 520. Contact hours of education: 50 hours.

This course is particularly designed for registered nurses would like to apply for Certification in Holistic & Integrative Health Care Practice by the American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc,.

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 completing the course:

Instructor/Course Author:  Dominick L. Flarey, Ph.D, MBA, RN,BC,

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E-mail: info@aihcp.org

TIME FRAME: You are allotted two years from the date of enrollment, to complete all of the courses in the Holistic & Integrative Health Care Practice program. There are no set time-frames, other than the two year allotted time. If you do not complete the courses 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 courses 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

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Reading/Study Assignment: This course covers Chapters Twenty-Five (25) through Thirty-Five(35) 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 the and options for completing additional course work to achieve a passing score, will be presented.

BOARD APPROVALS: AIHCP is an approved provider of continuing education by the Florida Board of Nursing and the District of Columbia Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975. Access information

The American Institute of Health Care Professionals (The Provider) is approved by the California Board of Registered Nurses, Provider number # CEP 15595 for 50 Contact Hours.

This course, which is approved by the Florida State Board Of Nursing (CE Provider # 50-11975) also has the following Board of Nursing Approvals, for 50 contact hours of CE

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.

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ONLINE CLASSROOM RESOURCES AND TOOLS

* Examination Access: there is link to take you right to the online examination program where you can print out your examination and work with it. All examinations are formatted as “open book” tests. When you are ready, you can access the exam program at anytime and click in your responses to the questions. Full information is provided in the online classrooms.

* Student Resource Center: there is a link for access to a web page “Student Resource Center.” The Resource Center provides for easy access to all of our policies/procedures and additional information regarding applying for certification. We also have many links to many outside reference sites, such as online libraries that you may freely access.

* Online Evaluation: there is a link in the classroom where you may access the course evaluation. All students completing a course, must, without exception, complete the course evaluation.

* Faculty Access Information: you will have access to your instructor’s online resume/biography, as well as your instructor’s specific contact information.

* Additional Learning Materials: some faculty have prepared additional “readings” and /or brief lecture notes to enhance your experience. All of these are available in the online classrooms.

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

1. Explore the impact of our external environment on health and well – being.
2. Examine the role of holistic nurses as advocates for creating healthier communities.
3. Assess the health of your personal and workplace environment.
4. Increase awareness of how to reduce our environmental imprint.
5. Reflect on the relationship between lifelong learning and holistic self – development.
6. Examine current trends in nursing education.
7. Explore education within the context of nursing’s social and moral imperative to care.
8. Value holism as the essential philosophical foundation of all nursing education opportunities.
9. Envision strategies/pathways designed to create pre-– and post licensure holistic education programs.
10. Define and describe research, evidence – based practice, and quality improvement from a holistic perspective.
11. Explore a variety of research methods to create new knowledge in holistic nursing science.
12. Describe the evidence – based approach for translating evidence into best practice in holistic nursing.
13. Apply holistic science and practice to enhance whole – person care.
14. Explored the worldview, theories, and models in braced by advanced holistic nurses.
15. Discuss the theories and research supporting advanced holistic and integrative care.
16. Explore patient – centered care and its components.
17. Examine the growth of holistic care models in the U.S. healthcare system.
18. Articulate potential changes in practice that can result in a new outcome.
19. Examine the significance of client stories as related to your professional practice.
20. Create opportunities to enhance your practice with holistic core values and interventions.
21. Define how herbal medicines and dietary supplements are monitored for safety and efficacy.
22. Describe the difference between dietary supplements and herbal supplements or botanicals.
23. Identify a wide variety of herbs and dietary supplements and their dosages, indications, and contra indications.
24. Understand safety issues and contra indications of dietary and herbal supplements.
25. Describe the importance of Advanced Holistic Nurses and Advanced Practice Holistic Nurses utilizing preventive interventions when working with patients living with chronic noncommunicable diseases.
26. Explain the role of Advanced Holistic Nurses and Advance Practice Holistic Nurses working with people who live with chronic noncommunicable diseases to optimize their function and quality of life using primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention concepts.
27. Describe three common symptoms of chronic noncommunicable diseases and how holistic nurses can work with patients to prevent the development and intensification of those symptoms.
28. Explore integrative healthcare approaches that promote comfort, function, and quality of life for people living with chronic noncommunicable diseases.
29. Develop an understanding of the stress system as it pertains to mind – body interactions.
30. Recognize and build skill and a variety of cognitive strategies that can be used with patients to influence the stress system toward resilience, health, and well – being.
31. Explain how meditation, a nonthinking practice, influences mind – body interactions through cognitive – affective changes that support effective coping and resilience.
32. Identify patterns of thinking and behavior associated with addictions.
33. Identified the recovery process and the reasons that holistic practices and psychospiritual development are important in recovery.
34. Become skillful with psychological and spiritual practices that strengthen recovery and prevent relapse.
35. Identify the current and potential future roles of holistic nurses as they advocate for and lead practices that include the use of plant medicines.
36. Defined the therapeutic benefits of the medicinal use of cannabis.
37. Consider the up regulation of the Endocannabinoid system in relation to maintaining homeostasis.
38. Discuss the deep history of entheogen use in traditional cultures.
39. Identify indications and outcomes of entheogen it therapy (LSD, MDMA) in current research.
40. Defined global health.
41. Defined global citizenship.
42. Defined global citizen nurse.
43. Examine the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals and their relevance to you as a global citizen nurse.
44. Examine how a pledge to planetary citizenship and powers you as a global nurse.

COURSE CONTENT

• Living in a Toxic World
• The Water we Drink
• The Air we Breath
• Climate Change: Reducing Global Warming
• Increasing Awareness for Change
• Choosing a Sustainable Future
• Noise and the Stress Response
• Radiation Exposures
• Personal Environment
• A Social and Moral Imperative to Care
• The Pathway to Professional Development
• Holistic Nursing Education Unfolding
• Building a Community of Transformation
• Remembering, Reconnecting, and Reenvisioning Nursing Education
• Professional Development After Graduation
• What is Holistic Nursing Research?
• HNR: Methods and Designs
• Current Trends in Holistic Nursing Research
• Holistic Nursing Research Exemplar: Spirituality
• What is Holistic Nursing EBP?
• EBP Conceptual Models
• Current Trends in Holistic EBP
• What is Holistic Nursing QI?
• Current Trends in Holistic Nursing QI
• Holistic QI Exemplar: Spirituality
• The Evolving Role of the Advanced Practice Holistic Nurse
• Defining Advance Practice Registered Nurses
• The Consensus Model
• Education Programs for Advanced Practice Nurses
• Envisioning a Holistic Framework for Independent Practice
• The Sharing of Professional Experiences
• Narrative Experiences of Advanced Practice Nurses
• Narrative Case Studies
• Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics
• Botanicals and Preparations: Herbs and Supplements for Selected Common Conditions
• Herbs That May Have Preoperative Contraindications
• Common Issues Encountered by People Living With Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases
• Role of the Advanced Holistic Nurse Working With Patients with Chronic Diseases
• Healthcare Literacy and Patient/Family Education
• Highlights of Specific Symptoms of Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases
• Cognitive-Affective Strategies to Promote Resilience and Well-Being
• Stress and the Brain
• Meditation and Mindfulness Engines of Resilience
• Cognitive Reappraisal
• Positive Emotions
• Humor
• Holistic Approaches in Substance Use Recovery
• Defining the Addictive Process
• The Cycle of Addiction
• Models of Addiction
• Vulnerability Model of Recovery from Addiction
• Nutritional Factors
• Holistic Caring Process
• Smoking Cessation
• Theory and Research in Smoking Cessation
• Current Trends in Sacred Medicine
• Why Cannabis?
• The Endocannabinoid System
• Phytocannabinoids: The Cannabis Plant
• Cannabis Ingestion Methods
• Side Effects: Cannabis Use Disorder, and Withdrawal
• Holistic Modalities
• Cannabis: Sacred Nature
• Sacred Medicine in Traditional Cultures
• Current Clinical Science and Role of the Holistic Nurse
• Global Holistic Nursing
• A New Holistic Nursing Philosophical Understanding
• The Global Health Mirrors Holistic Health
• Globalization and Nurses as Global Citizens
• Living in Fragile and Uncertain Times
• Determinants of Health and Calls for Sustainable Development