Gazing with Soft Eyes

2014 ◽  
pp. 541-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Koithan
Keyword(s):  
Systems Perspective ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Meaning And Purpose ◽  
The One ◽  
Participatory Engagement ◽  
Whole Systems

Chapter 42 provides an overview of integrative nursing by one of the authors, including how practising nursing from a whole-person/whole-systems perspective begins with the recognition that the one we seek to help is a whole person who lives in a particular context (social, relational, temporal, geographical, cultural). She also demonstrates that integrative nurses find meaning and purpose in relationship. She suggests that what makes this resource stand out is that it lays out guidelines to how our commitment to provide opportunities for healing within a co-created relationship is based on mutuality and participatory engagement.

Concepts and Principles of Integrative Nursing

2018 ◽  
pp. 3-19
Author(s):  
Mary Koithan
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Care ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Therapeutic Strategies ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Healing Relationships ◽  
Whole Systems ◽  
The Way

The discipline of nursing has always had a holistic ontology and epistemology that aligns with the unitary paradigm. Yet nursing practice has not always been consistent with these perspectives. This chapter describes concepts and principles of integrative nursing, which offer a way of being-knowing-doing that advances the health and wellbeing of persons, families, and communities through caring/healing relationships in a manner that honors historical roots and transforms nursing care delivery. Six principles provide a framework that can shape the way nurses use evidence to select therapeutic strategies from the full range of possible interventions to support whole person/whole systems 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.

scholarly journals INFORMAL ECOLOGY: AN EMERGENT APPROACH TOWARDS LANDSCAPE INTEGRATION IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natacha Quintero
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Work ◽  
Urban Ecosystem ◽  
Urban Informality ◽  
Natural Processes ◽  
Systems Perspective ◽  
New City ◽  
The One ◽  
The City ◽  
Method Approach

Intended as a contribution to the debate on inclusive cities, this paper proposes that the re-imagination of new city landscapes lies on the integrative sum of its parts. Considering that knowledge about infor- mal systems continues to be a challenge in achieving integrated land- scapes, this study explores how the linking of the fields of urban ecol- ogy and urban informality can lead to systematic approaches towards understanding urban informal ecosystems. In that way, this think- piece theorises on alternatives to approach the socio-natural processes taking place in informal settlements to demonstrate their capacity to adapt to prescribed ecological frameworks and ease their way into ecological scrutiny. Using a mixed-method approach in which the the- oretical framework and the empirical work functioned in a cyclical manner, the city of Caracas, Venezuela, was investigated. The analy- sis led to the discovery of ties and processes that navigate in and out of the informal city, and revealed that informal areas can be scaled, inventoried, and re-imagined from a systems perspective. The paper therefore recommends a rethinking of the two intersections that play a role in most of the new scenarios of change seen in the contemporary urban hybrids of developing countries. Specifically, the intersection that concerns the formal vs informal dichotomy, exploring the spatial and virtual role of the urban informal in the city, and the one concern- ing the city vs nature dichotomy, and the assumption that as part of the city, the informal is also a constituent of a greater urban ecosystem with impacts and evolutionary capacities.

scholarly journals Whole Systems Thinking and Modelling in the UK

2021 ◽  
pp. 23-47
Author(s):  
Antti Silvast ◽  
Chris Foulds
Keyword(s):  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Computer Modelling ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Systems Perspective ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Policy And Planning ◽  
Whole Systems

AbstractUK academic researchers have been vying for a ‘whole’ systems perspective on energy issues for more than a decade. This research programme has exposed challenges in complex systems thinking and in the dialogue between academic disciplines and epistemic cultures that is needed to mediate the social, technological, and environmental impacts of energy systems. This chapter examines these efforts starting from existing studies that include detailed reports on experiences of interdisciplinary research. By extending these findings via interviews and ethnographic research, this chapter pays particular attention to the role of interdisciplinary computer modelling that was expected to represent complex energy transitions and energy infrastructures of the future. In doing so, this chapter demonstrates how interdisciplinarity has actually worked in three exemplary areas: the diversity of computer models that seek to represent everyday energy demand and how they simplify both demand and other disciplines in so doing; the need for collaborative, cross-cutting research in foresight of future energy scenarios; and how modelling scholars strongly envision their models should become ‘useful’ for imagined policy and planning stakeholders.

Integrative Nursing

2014 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Models Of Care ◽  
System Management ◽  
Practical Nursing ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Global Perspectives ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Integrative Healthcare ◽  
Healing Environments ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
Whole Systems

Integrative medicine is defined as healing-oriented medicine that takes account of the whole person (body, mind, and spirit) as well as all aspects of lifestyle; it emphasizes the therapeutic relationship and makes use of appropriate therapies, both conventional and alternative. This resource is the first complete roadmap to integrative nursing, providing a step-by-step guide to assess and clinically treat conditions through a variety of combined methodologies including wellness, lifestyle enhancement, and nutrition. This resource puts forth both the skills and theoretical frameworks for multidisciplinary leaders to consider and implement integrative healthcare strategies within institutions, including several case studies involving practical nursing-led initiatives. Sections one and two cover the foundations, including principles and best practices, healing environments, whole systems healing, and measurement of outcomes. The third section outlines major areas of system management such as pain, nausea, insomnia, anxiety, depression, stress, and behavioral dysfunction. The fourth and fifth sections address applications to patient populations, models of care, and models of education. The final section collects global perspectives.

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.

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