Dr. Wilson is a nurse first. Seeking to view health from outside the western model, Debra Rose completed a Master of Science in Holistic Nursing. Then with a focus in Psycho-neuro-immunology, completed a PhD in Health Psychology. Debra Rose has worked in maternal/infant care, NICU, public health, healing centers, program development, research, and nursing education. She has expertise in complementary and alternative therapies, epidemiology, breastfeeding, wellness, disease prevention, stress, qualitative research, and autoimmune diseases. Her research experience includes healing for adult survivors of trauma, autoimmune disease, breastfeeding, herbs, perception of nursing, the microbiome, and women’s health.

Debra Rose has been reviewing patient teaching information for more than 20 years. She is visible to the public when she gets the message of holistic nursing and evidenced-based CAM through patient education sites such as Healthline. She has been a medical reviewer for Healthline since 2015 which is the number one rated trusted source of health information for the public, now above the NIH, the mayo clinic, the CDC, and other sites such as web-MD.

Dr. Debra Rose Wilson was the 2017 – 2018 American Holistic Nurse of the Year recognized for her outstanding leadership, research, teaching, and practice of holistic nursing. She has served AHNA since 2001, a member on numerous committees over the years, and received the AHNA Service Award in 2016.

This talk will focus on strategies for moving forward with the application of holistic nursing practice. Evidence-based theory will lead participants through an understanding of reductionism and the resultant current state of affairs in the medical model. There are multiple levels of taking action in holistic nursing. We will develop a vision of how to integrate our holistic way of thinking into the western medicine machine. Participants will consider their responsibilities and opportunities from quantum to micro and cellular level, to the social, environmental, global, and universal levels of holism. The field of psychoneuroimmunology, the science behind holistic nursing, opens evidenced-based opportunities to move to holistic principles. We will engage with holistic approaches to healing and offer new ways to view disease, further connecting the mind and body. Armed with an understanding of how we got here with the medical model, nurses can see a path, set intention, and move that wheel towards a more holistic approach in thinking, research, education, self-care, and practice.

Michelle McGrorey, BSN, RN, HNB-BC, HTCP, CCAP, OCN, HMIP, is a nationally recognized, award-winning, integrative, holistic nursing innovator and educator. She has co-authored two articles appearing in Energy Magazine (2017 and 2021), and has been featured in, Complementary Therapies in Nursing; Promoting Integrative Care (9th ed., 2023). She is a member of the National Association of Holistic Aromatherapy, the Healing Touch Professional Association, the American Holistic Nurses Association, and is a board member of the Alliance of International Aromatherapists.

The purpose of this presentation is to provide practical steps, ideas, suggestions, and resources for starting, establishing, and maintaining an effective, interdisciplinary holistic nursing program in a healthcare setting.

Deborah McKinney, BSN, RN, HMIP, Level 1 Healing Touch student, is a nationally recognized, award-winning integrative therapies nurse and educator. She has co-authored two articles appearing in Energy Magazine (2017 and 2021), and has been featured in, Complementary Therapies in Nursing; Promoting Integrative Care (9^th ed., 2023).  She is a member of the Healing Touch Professional Association and the American Holistic Nurses Association.

The purpose of this presentation is to provide practical steps, ideas, suggestions, and resources for starting, establishing, and maintaining an effective, interdisciplinary holistic nursing program in a healthcare setting.