Whole-Systems Healing

2014 ◽  
pp. 47-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Jo Kreitzer ◽  
Jayne Felgen ◽  
Patricia A. Roach
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
World View ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Complexity Science ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Adaptive Action ◽  
Systems Leadership ◽  
Whole Systems ◽  
Deep Listening ◽  
Health And Well Being

Integrative nursing embodies a whole person/whole systems approach to advancing the health and well-being of people, organizations, communities and the environment. It is based on a whole systems world view, an approach that recognizes that a change in any part of the systems causes a change in the whole system. Whole systems thinking and leadership draws from concepts and principles of complexity science, social networks, social change and gentle action. Whole systems leadership embodies competencies of deep listening, awareness of systems, awareness of self, seeking diverse perspectives, suspending certainty and embracing uncertainty, and taking adaptive action.

Whole-Systems Leadership and Healing

2018 ◽  
pp. 365-370
Author(s):  
Mary Jo Kreitzer
Keyword(s):  
Effective Leadership ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Positive Change ◽  
Shared Values ◽  
System Leadership ◽  
Adaptive Action ◽  
Systems Leadership ◽  
Whole Systems ◽  
Deep Listening

Social issues in education, housing, employment and the environment are linked and have a major impact on health comes. Effective leadership is collaborative and grounded in the shared values of people who work together to effect positive change. Whole-systems leadership builds capacity for adaptability, learning, and innovation. In displaying whole-system leadership, integrative nurses much engage in deep listening, have an awareness of the systems in which they are operating, have an awareness of self, seek diverse perspectives, suspend and embrace uncertainty when appropriate, and be ready take adaptive action. This chapter discusses whole-systems leadership in the context of integrative nursing and healing.

Food First: Nutrition as the Foundation for Health

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 213-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Sandquist
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Body ◽  
Biological Functions ◽  
Gastrointestinal Dysfunction ◽  
Physiological Processes ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Whole Systems ◽  
Health And Well Being

The principles of integrative nursing advocate that food be considered as a primary intervention for health promotion, risk reduction, and generally improved well-being. Food provides information to the body, signaling basic biological functions and normalizing physiological processes. Health care professionals should query patients about their nutritional intake, recognizing that adjustments in the types of foods consumed can often address long-standing symptoms that create distress, including pain, fatigue, anxiety, and gastrointestinal dysfunction. A Food First approach to care offers a novel approach that champions whole person/whole systems emergent health and well-being.

Integrative Nursing and Mental Health

2018 ◽  
pp. 461-473
Author(s):  
Gisli K. Kristofersson ◽  
Merrie J. Kaas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Whole Systems ◽  
Integrated Health Services

Integrative nursing offers exciting opportunities to create new models of integrative mental health care to meet growing demands by patients and providers, especially when it comes to access to the broad range of interventions needed to promote mental health and reduce the impact of mental illness. This becomes ever more important as less inclusive treatment paradigms become more prominent in the treatment of mental health disorders. Integrative nursing and psychiatric mental health nursing share many of the same historical emphasis points, including the focus on the therapeutic alliance and the individual needs of the client. This shared heritage lends the fusion of the two, strong face value as well as a strong, mutually beneficial philosophical foundation. Integrative mental health nursing builds on the six principles of integrative nursing to develop a plan for integrated health services based on a whole-person, whole-systems approach using a careful risk benefit analysis.

Championing the resilience of sub-Saharan adolescents: pointers for psychologists

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Theron
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Global North ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Contextual Determinants ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Recent Attention

In this article, I argue that an ecological systems approach to resilience – specifically, one that is sensitive to how contextual determinants shape successful adaptation differentially – offers a meaningful way to enable sub-Saharan adolescents to adapt well to the apparently intractable risks to their health and well-being. Accordingly, I draw on studies of child and adolescent resilience from sub-Saharan Africa and the global North to show that the resilience field has largely moved beyond individual-focused theories of resilience that have the (long-term) potential to jeopardize adolescent health and well-being and advance neoliberal agendas. I emphasize that the recent attention to differentially impactful resilience-enablers casts suspicion on incautious application of universally recurring resilience-enablers. Allied to this, I problematize the delay in the identification of resources that impact the resilience of sub-Saharan adolescents differentially. Finally, I distil implications for resilience-directed praxis and research that have the potential to advance the championship of adolescent resilience in sub-Saharan Africa.

scholarly journals FORGIVENESS: The Way to Holistic Well-Being

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suryalee Athwaria ◽  
A. K. Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Heart Attack ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive Approach ◽  
Cholesterol Levels ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Optimal Health ◽  
Downward Spiral ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
Health And Well Being

In an era of globalization where generations believe in lawsuits, it can sometimes seem like forgiveness is a concept from TretaYug (Era of Ramayan, the Hindu mythology) or Biblical times. However starting from last two decades of 20th century, developmental, social and clinical psychologists have begun to study the concept of forgiveness more intensively and scientifically(McCullough,2000).A wealth of research suggests that Forgiveness is a form of healing that considers the whole person- body, mind, spirit, and emotions- to achieve optimal health and well-being. Studies have found that the act of forgiveness can reap huge rewards for our health, lowering the risk of heart attack; improving cholesterol levels & sleep; reducing pain, blood pressure, and levels of anxiety, depression and stress. Research points to an increase in the forgiveness-health connection as we age. Thus, field of psychology needs a proactive, positive approach emphasizing strengths, rather than continuing in the downward spiral of negativity trying to fix weaknesses.

Integrative Nursing Management of Cognitive Impairment

2018 ◽  
pp. 313-333
Author(s):  
Debbie Williams ◽  
Mary Koithan
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Nursing Management ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Whole Systems ◽  
Significant Symptom

Cognitive impairment involves difficulty remembering, learning new things, concentrating, or making decisions that affect everyday life. Given the current demographics of the population, cognitive impairment will continue to be a significant symptom that integrative nurses will encounter in clinical practice. Intervention strategies can reduce the financial, social, physical, and emotional burden of cognitive impairment, and a whole-person/whole-systems approach to management can help patients and their families improve quality of life and functional status over the long term. Multimodal, individualized interventions based on the characteristics of the person’s underlying cause of cognitive impairment and the accompanying responses can improve success in reducing the negative effects of this symptom.

scholarly journals Nondual Awareness and the Whole Person

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 216495612091460
Author(s):  
Paul J Mills ◽  
Tiffany J Barsotti ◽  
Judith Blackstone ◽  
Deepak Chopra ◽  
Zoran Josipovic
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
The State ◽  
Integrative Health ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Per Se ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Whole Systems ◽  
Human Awareness ◽  
Do So

Integrative Health aims to treat the whole person and to do so within the context of whole systems and practices. We raise questions as to what constitutes the whole person and what must be taken into account to support the creation of optimal well-being. We propose that in order to fully account for the whole person, the transcendent aspects of human awareness, the development of which is the goal of many meditative traditions, must be taken into account. “Nondual awareness” is a term increasingly used in the literature to describe a state of awareness that is characterized by the experience of nonseparation, compassion, and love. Well-being in this state does not depend on anything being experienced per se, but it is rather an innate attribute of living in nonduality. For these reasons, nondual awareness can be considered foundational to the realization of the whole person and achieving the state of optimal well-being.

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