HealthLeaders Media February 22, 2021
Nurse leaders can integrate holistic care by first checking whether their organization’s culture is aware of what consumers want.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Demand from consumers has pushed holistic healthcare forward.
– Among obstacles to holistic healthcare are language and a patient’s socioeconomic situation.
– CNOs interested in introducing or expanding holistic care should start by assessing the organization’s awareness of the holistic approaches that consumers demand.
Jesus Cepero, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, witnessed a profound example of holistic patient and family care when a priest was called in to give comfort to a dying hospital patient and the patient’s family.
“He created an environment in that room where everyone felt almost comfortable with the situation and it moved our thinking from...