The Integration of Holistic Nursing Practices and Complementary and Alternative Modalities Into Curricula of Schools of Nursing Nursing as a profession has long claimed the term holistic and has incorporated the word, using various definitions, into nursing literature and practice. Holistic nursing has often been a component of curricular philosophies and conceptual frameworks, as well as standards of practice, policies, and regulations. The adjective holistic relates to the theory that whole entities, as fundamental components of reality, have an existence other than as the mere sum of their parts.
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Homeopathic Nursing as an Innovative Approach to Healthcare by Ann McKay RN,C, MA, DIHom, HN-C
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) therapies are playing a major role in the health care of the US population. American health care consumers are making more visits to complementary care providers than to primary care providers, which has led to an exponential increase in use of CAM in the last two decades. One system that has seen such increases in recognition and use, and is classified by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) as an alternative medical system, is homeopathy. It is estimated that Americans use of CAM therapies is at 62 percent, and 1.7 percent of those over 18 years utilize homeopathy1.
M. J. Hanafin, Certified Nurse Midwife, Doctor of Homeopathy
A midwife, doctor or birth attendant, trained homeopathically can be a very powerful ally for both the expectant mother and infant. She can bridge the spaces with homeopathic remedies where conventional medicine can only hinder or is not appropriate. She also possesses the ability to use allopathy (conventional medicine) when homeopathy is no longer useful. Conventional (allopathic) medicine and homeopathy are very complementary to each other.
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