NURS 319 - Nurse as Healer

Credit(s): 1
1 hour lecture, 1 hour contact
With a focus on holism as the foundation of basic nursing theory and practice, this course emphasizes the theoretical and philosophical bases that support caring-healing approaches as essential to nursing. Students will explore the interrelatedness of caring, therapeutic presence, and holistic nursing practice. Students are encouraged to examine characteristics of self-care to facilitate personal and professional development. The interventions of relaxation and meditation are explored through guided group experience. Skills are developed in relation to caring-healing modalities and the therapeutic use of self.