The Holistic Nursing Approach to Chronic Disease [Paperback]

Carolyn Chambers Clark EdD ARNP FAAN (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0826125042 | ISBN-13: 978-0826125040 | Publication Date: August 31, 2004 | Edition: 1

This book provides an overview of the holistic nursing approach, along with chapters on 20 commonly encountered chronic conditions, ranging from diabetes to sleep disorders. The interventions described for each condition include recommendations for diet, herbal supplements (if appropriate), and therapies such as accupressure, guided imagery, and stress management. Treatment planning emphasizes minimally invasive wellness approaches. Each chapter includes a specific example of a holistic nursing assessment, a collaborative treatment plan with a list of possible interventions, and a section on evaluating the effects of treatment.

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Carolyn Chambers Clark, ARNP, EdD, FAAN, AHNC, founded the Wellness Institute and now runs a website called Wellness and Relationship Resources at www.carolynchambersclark.com that provides continuing education materials, newsletters, seminars, and practice management consultation. As a certified advanced holistic nurse and mental health nurse practitioner, she has maintained a private practice with clients for more than 30 years, focusing on whole person wellness.

She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 1980 and is an award-winning author who has conducted research and published widely on wellness, holistic, and self-care topics, including Wellness Practitioner, Integrating Complementary Procedures into Practice, Health Promotion in Communities: Holistic and Wellness Approaches (Springer Publishing Company, 2001),Holistic Assertiveness Skills for Nurses: Empower Yourself (and Others!) (Springer Publishing Company, 2003) and The Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practice (Springer Publishing Company. 1999) She was also founding editor of the Alternative Health Practitioner: The Journal of Complementary and Natural Care and is the author of Group Leadership Skills (Springer Publishing Company, 2003), now in its fourth edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 312 pages
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company; 1 edition (August 31, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826125042
• ISBN-13: 978-0826125040
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,621,197 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I'm a nurse practitioner, forensic examiner, and wellness educator. Find out more about my health selfcare books and free articles and ebooks at www.carolynchambersclark.com. Find all my fiction books running down the right hand side of http://freeandbargainebooks.blogspot.com; click on a cover to read sample chapters. including...

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