The 5 Core Values of the HolisticNursing Model:

1.Core Value 1: Holistic Philosophy, Theories andEthics

•Holistic nurses recognize the human health experience as acomplicated, dynamic, relationship of health, illness, andwellness, and they value healing as thedesired outcome of the practice of nursing.

•Holistic nurses hold to a professional ethic of caring andhealing that seeks to preserve wholeness and dignity of self andothers

2. Core Value 2: Holistic CaringProcess

•Focuses on the totality of the human being: theinter-connectedness of body, mind, emotion, spirit, social/culturalrelationship, context, and environment

3. Core Value 3: Holistic Communication,Therapeutic Environment, and Cultural diversity

•Assisting individuals to find meaning in their experience

•Attend to the subjective world of the individual

•Consider meanings ascribed to illness and deeper meanings ofconcern related to purpose of life

4. Core Value 4: Holistic Education andResearch

•Holistic nurses value all ways of knowing

•Employ theories that focus on healing the whole person

5. Core Value 5: Holistic NurseSelf-care

•Self-care as well as personal awareness and continuous focus onbeing an instrument of healing are significant requirements forholistic nurses.

•Holistic nurses value themselves and care for themselves

•Strive for harmony in their own lives

•Engage in self-reflection (personal knowing)

How can you apply the concepts of the holisticmodel to nursing practice and how can you apply theconcepts in the future?