Aromatherapy
Ruth McCaffery, Debra J. Thomas, & Ann Orth Kinzelman. (May/June 2009). The effects of lavender and rosemary essential oils on test-taking anxiety among graduate nursing students. Holistic Nursing Practice, 23(3):88-93.
Both lavender and rosemary essential oils reduced test taking anxiety. Lavender however also was found to be too relaxing and decreased focus and recall. Rosemary in contrast cleared the mind and increased focus and concentration. This study was funded through a grant from Nature's Way and administered through AHNA. View the abstract.
Andrea Butje, Elizabeth Repede, & Mona M. Shattell, (June 2008). Healing scents: An overview of clinical aromatherapy for emotional distress, Journal of Psychosocial and Mental Health Nursing, 46(10).
Marlaine Smith & Loraine Kyle. (2008). Holistic foundations of aromatherapy for nursing. Holistic Nursing Practice, 22(1), 3-10.
Note: Has a continuing education test attached. View the abstract.
Communication
Gayle Kipnis & Cynthia Becket. (August 2009). Collaborative communication: Integrating SBAR to improve quality/patient safety outcomes. Journal of Healthcare Quality, 31 (5), 19-28, This study describes use of the Situation, Background, Assessment and Recommendation (SBAR) collaborative communication process in a pediatrics/perinatal services department of a hospital in Arizona.
Energy Therapy
Juyoung Park, Ruth McCaffrey, Dorthy Dunn, Rhonda Goodman, (Nov 2011). Managing osteoarthritis: Comparisons of chair yoga, reiki, and education (pilot study). Holistic Nursing Practice, 25(6): 316-326
Anne Vitale. (May/June 2009). Nurses lived experience of reiki for self care. Holistic Nursing Practice, 23(3), 129-145. A phenomelogical study of the experience of Reiki by nurses who use it for self care. The Colaizzi method of analysis is used for data analysis. A useful appendix for presenting the emergent themes is attached to the article and a CNE test is available at the end of the article. This study was presented at the AHNA 2009 conference as part of a research panel of paper presentations. View the abstract.
Carolyn Magdelen Monroe. (June 2009). The effects of therapeutic touch on pain. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 27(2), 85-92.
A useful comprehensive review of studies from 1997-2007. Seven studies were found and only 5 were of enough merit to be reviewed. Four of those found statistically significant results in the positive direction and the technique caused no unwanted side effects. View the abstract. Full text available free to AHNA members - learn more.
David Feinstein. (2008). Energy psychology: A review of the preliminary evidence. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 45 (2), 199-213. Feinstein's article reviews the preliminary research evidence on a growing technique in mental health. More than 2 dozen energy psychology techniques now are practiced but most well know are EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), TFT (Thought field therapy) and TAT (Tapas Acupressure Technique). The results that are anticipated with these techniques include: immediate reduction of elevated affect and hyperarousal, extinguishing conditioned responses, addressing complex psychological problems, and promoting optimal functioning or peak performance. Feinstein summarizes 23 studies. Additional research references on Energy Psychology and Energy Medicine can be found at www.tapintofreedom.com/research/other.html
Mary Anne Hanley. (2008). Therapeutic Touch with preterm infants: Composing a treatment. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing, 4, 249-258.
Diane W. Wardell, Diana Rintala, Gabriel Tan, (2008). Case study descriptions of Healing Touch with veteran’s experiencing chronic neuropathic pain from spinal cord injury. Explore: The journal of science and healing, 4(3) 187-196.
Anne T. Vitale. (2009). Nurses’ lived experience of Reiki for self care. Holistic Nursing Practice, 23(3), 129-145
Anne T. Vitale. (2007). An integrative review of Reiki touch therapy research. Holistic Nursing Practice, 21(4), 167-179.
Anne T. Vitale & O’Connor, P.A (2006). The effect of Reiki on pain and anxiety in women with abdominal hysterectomies: A quasi-experimental pilot study. Holistic Nursing Practice, 20(6), 263-271
Anne T. Vitale. (2006). The use of selected energy touch modalities as supportive nursing interventions: Are we there yet? Holistic Nursing Practice, 20(4), 191-196.
Joan Engebretson & Diane W. Wardell. (2007), Energy based modalities. Nursing Clinic of North America, 42, 243–259.
Diane W. Wardell, Rintala, D. Tan, G., & Duan, Z. (2006). Pilot study of Healing Touch and progressive relaxation for chronic neuropathic pain in persons with spinal cord injury. Journal of Holistic Nursing. 24(4), 231-240.
Diane W. Wardell & Weymouth, K. (2004). Review of studies of Healing Touch. Journal of Nursing Scholarship: Image, 36(2), 147-154.
Joan Engebretson & Diane W. Wardell. (2002). Experience of a reiki session. Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine. 8,(2), 48-53.
Diane W. Wardell. (2001). Spirituality of Healing Touch participants. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 19(1), p. 71-86.
Diane W. Wardell & Joan Engebretson. (2001). Biological correlates of Reiki Touch Healing. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 33(4), 439-445.
Diane W. Wardell. (2000). The trauma release technique: How it is taught and experienced in Healing Touch. Alternative and Complementary Therapies, 6(1), 20-27.
Diane W. Wardell & Janet Mentgen. (Feb/Mar, 1999). Healing touch: An energy based approach to healing. Imprint, 34(35), 51.
Evidence-Based Practice
Christina Jackson. (2010). Evidence-Based practice: Push back from holistic perspectives. Holistic Nursing Practice, 24(3), 120-124.
Jackson looks at standard methods of EBP to evaluate holistic healing modalities and offers practical advice for others wanting to provide credible evidence for their practice.
Florence Nightingale
Barbara M. Dossey. (2010). Florence Nightingale; A 19th century mystic. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 28(1), 10-35
Barbara M. Dossey. (2010). Florence Nightingale: Her crimean fever and chronic illness. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 28(1), 38-53
Louise C. Selanders. (2010). Florence Nightingale: The evolution and social impact of feminist values in nursing . Journal of Holistic Nursing, 28(10), 70-78
Barbara M. Dossey. (2010). Florence Nightingale; Her personality type. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 28(1), 57-67.
Margaret A. Burkhardt. (2010). Reflections: Awakening spirit and purpose. Journal of Holistic Nursing 28(1), 36-37.
Cathie E. Guzzetta. (2010). Reflections: Healing and wholeness in chronic illness. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 28(1) 54-56.
JoEllen Goertz Koerner. (2010). Reflections on transformational leadership, Journal of Holistic Nursing, 28(1) 68-69.
Susan Luck. (2010). Reflections: Balancing our feminine and masculine energy , Journal of Holistic Nursing, 28(1) 79-80.
Louise C. Selanders. (2010). The power of environmental adaptation: Florence Nightingale’s original theory for nursing practice. Journal of Holistic Nursing 28(1) 81-88.
Lynn McDonald. (2010). Florence Nightingale: Passionate statistician. Journal of Hiolistic Nursing, 28(1) 92-98.
Lynn Rew and Dolores Sands. (2010). Reflections: The joy of the research process. Journal of Holistic Nursing 28(1) 99-100.
Alex Attewell. (2010). Florence Nightingale’s relevance to nurses. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 28(1) 101-106.
Jean Watson. (2010). Florence Nightingale and the enduring legacy of transpersonal human caring-healing. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 28(1) 107-108.
Geriatric
Colleen Delaney, Fortinsky, R., Doonan, L., Grimes, R., Pearson, T., Rosenberg, S., & Bruce, M. (2011). Depression screening and interventions for older home health care patients: Program design and training outcomes for a train-the-trainer model. Home Health Care Management & Practice (E-pub ahead of print, DOI: 10.1177/1084822311405459).
Healing Environments
McCaffrey, R. , Hanson, C., MLS, McCaffrey, W. (2010) Garden Walking for Depression: A Research Report. Holistic Nursing Practice, 24(5):252-259.
Barbara Nabreski Schmock, Diane Breckenridge, & Karen Benedict. (2009). Effects of sacred space environment on surgical patient outcomes: A pilot study. International Journal for Human Caring, 13(1), 49-59.
Healing Theory and Holistic Practice/Research
Mary Enzman Hagedorn & Rothlyn P. Zahourek. (June 2007). Research paradigms and methods for investigating holistic nursing concerns, Nursing Clinics of North America,42(2):335-53, viii.
Lauri Deary, Joan Roche, Karen Plotkin, Rorry Zahourek, (Sept-Oct. 2011). Intentionality and hatha yoga: an exploration of the theory of intentionality, the matrix of healing--a growth model, Holistic Nursing Practice, 25(5): 246-253
Jen Reich & Cathy Michaels. Becoming whole: The role of story for healing. Journal of Holistic Nursing. Online First DOI: 10.1177/0898010111412188
Jen Reich & Cathy Michaels. Becoming whole: The role of story for healing. Journal of Holistic Nursing. Online First DOI: 10.1177/0898010111412188
Rothlyn Zahourek. (May 2009). Healing: Through the lens of intentionality. International Journal of Healing and Caring, 9(2).
The study may be accessed on line from the IJHC on line at www.IJHC.org.
Understanding and studying healing is one of our challenges as healthcare providers. This study is a presentation of a secondary analysis of data collected to study intentionality in the context of healing. Six healers and six healees, five of each who participated as dyads, described their experiences and their concepts of healing. The theory, Intentionality: the Matrix for Healing (IMH), is presented, along with a more expanded definition of healing as an awareness of shift and a transformative process.
Rorry Zahourek & Dorothy Larkin. (2009). Consciousness, intentionality and community: Unitary perspectives and research. Nursing Science Quarterly. 22(1), 15-22. The paper reviews research and theoretical perspectives of the relationship of consciousness and intentionality. Nursing research is reviewed and then these concepts are related to a non-local concept of community. View the abstract.
Valerie Eschiti, Roxanne Struthers & Beverly Patchell. (Summer 2008). The experience of being an Anishinabe man healer: Ancient healing in a modern world. Journal of Cultural Diversity, 15(2), 70-5.
Glenda Christiaen, JoAnn Abegglen, & Alanna Rowley. (2008). Nursing students' perceptions of a holistic nursing conference: Empowerment, self care, and application to practice. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 26(2), 139-146.
Full text available free to AHNA members.
Diane Wardell, D.W. (2001). Unfolding transpersonal caring-healing through story. The International Journal for Human Caring. 6(1), 18-24.
Health Promotion and Management Strategies
Michalene A. King, (Nov 2011). Parish nursing: Holistic nursing care in faith communities, Holistic Nursing Practice, 25(6): 309-315
Juyoung Park, Ruth McCaffrey, Dorthy Dunn, Rhonda Goodman, (Nov 2011). Managing osteoarthritis: Comparisons of chair yoga, reiki, and education (pilot study). Holistic Nursing Practice, 25(6): 316-326
Deborah McElligott, Sarah Siemers, Lily Thomas, & Nina Kohn. (August 2009). Health promotion: Is there a healthy nurse in the house?. Applied Nursing Research, 22(3), 211-15.
Results indicated nurses are stressed & not exercising. A holistic approach to management was recommended.
Valerie Lincoln & Mary Johnson. (May/June 2009) Staff nurses perceptions of a healing environment in holistic nursing practice. Holistic Nursing Practice, 23(3), 183-190. This study investigated staff nurses perceptions of the characteristics of the healing environment that supported their practice of holistic nursing. Candid discussions resulted from their multiple method qualitative interview process. The themes identified as the essence of healing environments included context, connections and calling. Additional characteristics were identified within each category.
Leighsa Sharoff. (2008). Exploring nurses' perceived benefits of utilizing holistic modalities for self and clients. Holistic Nursing Practice, 22(1), 15-25.
Anne T. Vitale. (2009). Nurses’ lived experience of Reiki for self care. Holistic Nursing Practice, 23(3), 129-145
Holistic Interventions
McCaffrey, R. , Hanson, C., MLS, McCaffrey, W. (2010) Garden Walking for Depression: A Research Report. Holistic Nursing Practice, 24(5):252-259.
Hypnosis
Dorothy Larkin. (2007). Ericksonian hypnosis in chronic care support groups: A rogerian exploration of power and self-defined health-promoting goals<. Nursing Science Quarterly, 20(4), 357-369. This paper received the first annual best paper award in Nursing Science Quarterly. Dr. Larkin is an association professor at the College of New Rochelle Masters Program in Holistic Nursing and a clinical nurse specialist is psychiatric and mental health nursing. She is a consultant and a trainer for the conflict resolution and peer mediation program at Daniel Webster Elementary School in New Rochelle, NY.
Intentionality
Lauri Deary, Joan Roche, Karen Plotkin, Rorry Zahourek, (Sept-Oct. 2011). Intentionality and hatha yoga: an exploration of the theory of intentionality, the matrix of healing--a growth model, Holistic Nursing Practice, 25(5): 246-253
Rothlyn P. Zahourek. (1998). "Intentionality in transpersonal healing: Researchand caregiver perspectives". Alternative Health Practitioner: Journal of Complementary Care. Vol 4, Spring, 11-29.
Rothlyn P. Zahourek. (2002). "Intentionality: A view through a rogerian and a
newman lens-lightly". International Journal for Human Caring. 6, 2,. p 29-37.
Rothlyn P. Zahourek. (2004). "Intentionality forms the matrix of healing: A
theory". Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 10, 6 p 40-49.
Rothlyn P. Zahourek. (2005). “Intentionality: The matrix of healing: A grounded
theory study for holistic nursing." Journal of Holistic Nursing. 23, 1 p,.
89-109.
Rothlyn P. Zahourek. and Larkin D.L. (2009). “Consciousness, intentionality and
community: unitary perspectives and research.” Nursing Science Quarterly. 22
(1) 15-22.
Rothlyn P. Zahourek. (2009) “Healing through the lens of intentionality.”
International Journal of Healing and Caring. On line journal Vol 9 # 2.
Knowledge and Attitudes
Karen Avino, (Nov 2011). Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of nursing faculty and students related to complementary and alternative medicine: A statewide look, Holistic Nursing Practice, 25(6): 280-288
Metaphor
Leighsa Sharoff. (2007). Metaphors: A creative expression of holistic nursing. Spirituality and Health International, 8, 9-19.
Leighsa Sharoff. (2009). The power of metaphors: Images of holistic nurses. Holistic Nursing Practice, 23(5), 267-275.
Leighsa Sharoff. (2009). Expressiveness and creativeness: Metaphorical images of nursing. Nursing Science Quarterly, 22(4) ,312-317.
Mind-Body Therapy
Diane Wardell, Rintala, D. Tan, G., & Duan, Z. (2006). Pilot study of Healing Touch and progressive relaxation for chronic neuropathic pain in persons with spinal cord injury. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 24(4), 231-240.
Oncology
Jennifer I. Rheingans. (2008). Pediatric oncology nurses' management of patients' symptoms. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 25(6), 303-311.
Jennifer I. Rheingans. (2008). Relationship between pediatric oncology nurses' management of patients' symptoms and job satisfaction. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 25(6), 312-322
Jennifer received a Charlotte McGuire Scholarship in 2007 to help with the cost of a research study for her dissertation, these articles came out of that research.
Valeri Eschiti. (December 2008). A model of CAM use in women with female-specific cancers. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 46(12)
Valeri Eschiti. (May/June 2008). Complementary and alternative modalities used by women with female-specific cancers. Holistic Nursing Practice. 22(3):127-38
Deng, G.E., Frenkel, M. Cohen, L., Cassileth, B.R., Abrams, D.I., Capodice, J.L., Courenya, K.S. Dryden, T., Hanser, S., Kumar, N., Lariola, D., Diane W. Wardell, & Sagar, S. (2009). Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for integrative oncology: Complementary therapies and botanicals. Journal of the Society of Integrative Oncology, 7(3), 85-120.
Pain Management
Juyoung Park, Ruth McCaffrey, Dorthy Dunn, Rhonda Goodman, (Nov 2011). Managing osteoarthritis: Comparisons of chair yoga, reiki, and education (pilot study). Holistic Nursing Practice, 25(6): 316-326
Jeffery Dusek, Michael Finch, Gregory Plotnikoff, & Lori Knutson. (March, 2010). The impact of integrative medicine on pain management in a tertiary care hospital. Journal of Patient Safety, 6(1), 48-51. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e3181d10ad5
This article evaluated the effectiveness of an inpatient integrative medicine consult service for pain management in 6 settings across an entire tertiary care hospital. Results were extremely positive and the authors suggest that future research using the electronic health record can provide further quantifiable data to show reduction in total costs, pain medication usage, and adverse events. AHNA member Lori Knutson RN, BS-HN played an integral part in this study.
Diane W. Wardell, Diana Rintala, Gabriel Tan, (2008). Case study descriptions of Healing Touch with veteran’s experiencing chronic neuropathic pain from spinal cord injury. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing, 4(3) 187-196.
Diane Wardell, Diana Rintala, Gabriel Tan, & Duan, Z. (2006). Pilot study of Healing Touch and progressive relaxation for chronic neuropathic pain in persons with spinal cord injury. Journal or Holistic Nursing.24(4), 231-240.
Spirituality
Michalene A. King, (Nov 2011). Parish nursing: Holistic nursing care in faith communities, Holistic Nursing Practice, 25(6): 309-315
Mary Jo Kreitzer, Cynthia Gross, On-among Waleekhachonloet, Mary Ann Reilly-Sprobg, & Marcia Byrd. (March 2009). A brief serenity scale: A psychometric analysis of a measure of spirituality and well being. Journal of Holsitic Nursing, 27(1), 7-16.
Diane Wardell, D. & Joan Engebretson. (2006). Taxonomy of spiritual experiences. Journal of Religion and Health. 45(2), 215-233.
Stress Management
Ruth McCaffery, Debra J. Thomas, & Ann Orth Kinzelman. (May/June 2009). The effects of lavender and rosemary essential oils on test-taking anxiety among graduate nursing students. Holistic Nursing Practice, 23(3), 88-93. Both lavender and rosemary essential oils reduced test taking anxiety. Lavender however also was found to be too relaxing and decreased focus and recall. Rosemary in contrast cleared the mind and increased focus and concentration. This study was funded through a grant from Nature's Way and administered through AHNA. View the abstract.
Leighsa Sharoff. (2008). Exploring nurses' perceived benefits of utilizing holistic modalities for self and clients. Holistic Nursing Practice, 22(1), 15-24.
Carol Baldwin et al. (2008). Influence of intestinal stoma on spiritual quality of life in U.S. veterans. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 26(3), 185-194.
Note: Commentary by Joan Engebretson. Full text available free to AHNA members
Women’s Health
Grassley, J. S., & Valerie Eschiti (2011). The value of listening to Grandmothers' infant feeding stories. Journal of Perinatal Education, 20(3), 134-141.
Valeri Eschiti. (December 2008). Grandmother breastfeeding support: What mothers need and want. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, 35(4), 329-35.
Valeri Eschiti. (December 2008). A model of CAM use in women with female-specific cancers. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 46(12).
Valeri Eschiti. (May/June 2008). Complementary and alternative modalities used by women with female-specific cancers. Holistic Nursing Practice, 22(3):127-38
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