| A holistic nursing school focuses in teaching a unique | | | | management, herbology, nutrition, hypnosis, |
| approach to healthcare called holism, which concerns | | | | homeopathy, acupuncture and other ancient healing |
| improving the overall health of the patient in addition | | | | techniques. |
| to treatment of the diagnosed illness or disease. The | | | | Education and training opens many opportunities in |
| holistic approach addresses a patient's well being as a | | | | your nursing practice. Students that complete training |
| whole - his physical, mental and emotional health. | | | | from a holistic nursing school may become holistic |
| In a holistic nursing school, traditional nursing theories | | | | nurses, holistic practitioners and counselors and may |
| and practice combine with alternative healthcare | | | | work in healthcare clinics and facilities, treatment |
| methods and natural healing to enhance a person's | | | | centers, spas, health clubs, wellness centers or have |
| overall well being. These students promote | | | | their own private practice of holistic healthcare. |
| self-awareness and self-care, believing that each one | | | | It used to be that holism is viewed by much |
| of us should be responsible for our health. | | | | skepticism but society has started to embrace holistic |
| These schools train students to connect with their | | | | medicine and its benefits as more and more patients |
| patients emotionally and mentally as they administer | | | | seek natural and non-invasive ways to prevent and |
| care and treatment. There is great emphasis in | | | | treat disease. Many traditional doctors and nurses |
| compassion and giving patients personal attention. | | | | have attended holistic schools in order to deliver |
| These schools also cultivate spirituality in students | | | | alternative approaches in caring and treating patients. |
| through reflection and meditation that leads not only | | | | Many nursing schools offer certification programs in |
| to individual awareness but also to awareness to | | | | holistic nursing to practicing nurses or to nursing |
| other people, which is essential in the practice of | | | | students. Some offer online programs and self-paced |
| holistic nursing. | | | | home study programs. You can also check the |
| This type of nursing school teaches the theories of | | | | Internet if there is any school in your state that |
| holistic nursing and gives students diverse training in | | | | operates separate from traditional nursing schools in |
| alternative medicine, which includes massage, touch | | | | universities or colleges. |
| therapy, music therapies, aromatherapy, stress | | | | |