HOLISTIC AND COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES, UPDATED 1ST EDITION

Course overview

This course is designed for nurses and other health care providers to facilitate and inspire experience with alternative and complementary therapeutic modalities while appreciating the role of holism in healing and stress management. The goal is to promote the use and praxis of different types of holistic NAC therapies for healing, stress, and disease management. Course Objectives -Explain the history and use of the holistic philosophy, the concept of holism, and the various types of holistic, alternative, and complementary therapies. -Recognize and describe the various types of commonly used holistic, complementary, and alternative healing therapies. -Discuss the history, properties, and actions of aromatherapy and herbal therapy and relate its uses as a holistic alternative and complementary therapy. -Describe the history and practice of reflexology, aquatic therapy, and music therapy and relate its uses as a holistic alternative and complementary therapy. -Discuss the history and practice of yoga and meditation therapy and relate their uses as holistic alternative and complementary therapies. -Describe the history and practice of touch therapies, such as massage therapy and therapeutic touch, and relate their uses as holistic alternative and complementary therapies. -Describe the history and practice of folk healing and relate its uses as a holistic alternative and complementary therapy. -Discuss the history and practice of spiritual healing therapies, such as prayer, and relate their uses as holistic alternative and complementary therapies. -Discuss the practice of relaxation therapy and relate its uses as a holistic alternative and complementary therapy. -Discuss the history and practice of nutrition therapy and relate its uses as a holistic alternative and complementary therapy.