Nursing as a context for alternative/complementary modalities
With increasing consumer and professional interest in alternative and complementary care, Registered Nurses (RNs) are incorporating alternative/complementary modalities into their practices. While these modalities give nurses additional tools to meet client needs, many of these modalities are taught...
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| Published in | Online journal of issues in nursing Vol. 6; no. 2; p. 2 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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United States
2001
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| Summary: | With increasing consumer and professional interest in alternative and complementary care, Registered Nurses (RNs) are incorporating alternative/complementary modalities into their practices. While these modalities give nurses additional tools to meet client needs, many of these modalities are taught and used by non-nursing professionals leading nurses to question if and under what circumstances these modalities are included in nursing s scope of practice. Exploration of the two major frameworks that define nursing and articulate nursing s worldview, Nursing Theory and Nursing s Taxonomies of Care, reveals that complementary/alternative modalities can easily be brought into a nursing context. Further, professional nursing thought can provide direction to the practice of complementary/alternative modalities by adding qualities of assessment, reflection, and holism to the performance of the techniques. Examples are provided for incorporating alternative/complementary practices into care that is clearly identified as professional nursing. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 1091-3734 1091-3734 |
| DOI: | 10.3912/OJIN.Vol6No02Man02 |