The Holistic Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms
| Autor: | Amy Kenefick Moore |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Nursing practice
Nursing (miscellaneous) Psychotherapist 030504 nursing Holistic Nursing Energy (esotericism) Nursing research Holistic Health Development theory Nurse's Role 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Science of unitary human beings Nursing Theory Nursing theory Spirituality medicine Anxiety Humans Philosophy Nursing 030212 general & internal medicine medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association. 40(2) |
| ISSN: | 1552-5724 |
| Popis: | This article describes a holistic revisioning of symptom theory for nursing practice. The Holistic Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms (HTOUS), informed by the Science of Unitary Human Beings, describes the complexity of symptom experience and how nursing actions can be associated with its transformation. Existing theories of unpleasant symptoms which broadly describe the antecedents, characteristics, and consequences of symptoms, have been reconceptualized from holistic and integral perspectives. Applying integral concepts such as human energy field and pattern manifestation expands understanding of both symptom experience and the nurse’s response to it. Spirituality is an addition to symptom theory, being seen as a characteristic of Human Energy Field pattern manifestations. The theory’s major concepts are symptom experience manifestations and wellbecoming manifestations. Concepts of the sustaining presence of the nurse and voluntary mutual patterning are explored. Pain, nausea, dyspnea, anxiety, despair, and other symptoms are discussed. Because HTOUS is acausal and nonlinear, it is widely applicable to creative, theory-directed nursing practice and research. Recommendations are made for practice, research, and further theory development. |
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