What is a Holistic Nurse?

"It's not necessarily something we do; it's an attitude, a philosophy,
a way of being"

Founder of My Holistic Nurse,  Kristy Lee Rackham RN, was recently interviewed on ABC Radio, Mornings with Annie Gaffney. In this fascinating audio, Kristy explains holistic nursing and it's place in a modern health industry.

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Also called Complementary Health Nurses, Holistic Nurses specialise in utilising a combination of traditional nursing assessment and interventions, and complementary health and healing techniques.

This approach to nursing is very different than other, more traditional western nursing specialties. It is an increasingly sought-after niche field which provides the safety and security of regulated, formal and professional training with anecdotal evidence and efficacy of complementary therapies.  

Holistic nursing is a specialty practice.  It allows nurses to utilise their classic nursing training, expertise, theories, and knowledge, and to engage their highly atuned intuitive capacities, understanding of the interrelatedness of energy and matter. This places them in a collaborative partnership with their clients..  These nurses then become a catalyst for positive change and therapeutic care and are not limited by the medical biomechanical when helping clients discover their healing capacity. 

An holistic nurse does not negate the validity of conventional medical therapies, rather they serve to complement, integrate, expand and enrich both the scope of nursing practice and the individual's experience of health.  They act as a guide to an improved quality of life and assist clients to attain their greatest healing potential, in whatever form that may take.

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Holistic nursing is a return to the roots of nursing care first epitomised by Florence Nightingale. She believed in care that was centred in wellness, unity and the symbiotic and synchronistic relationship between people and their environment.

As at 2020 there exists no formal avenues within Australia for Registered Nurses to become Holistic Registered Nurses.
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However, My Holistic Nurse has formulated the above framework and is offering various online CPD training programs for Registered Nurses in Australia to bring coherence to the practice here.

To learn more about our courses, click below!

Holistic Health and Healing
Training Courses for Health Professionals

My Holistic Nurse provides holistic health and healing training for health professionals to expand their practice into the contemporary world of energy medicine and energy psychology. Our training courses cover the fundamentals of holistic health and Sacred Energy Mastery TM, include an introduction to Therapeutic Applied Percussion (TA.P.)TM, and equip you with practical tools and techniques to enhance your current practice, no matter which sector of the health industry you're working in.

Our cornerstone Holistic Health and Healing course - "Sacred Energy Mastery: Daily Survival to Soul Revival"  is a video and audio experience with live feedback Facebook group to answer your questions as you progress through the content.  It's available whenever you are ready to start!

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The 'Me Map' 
A holistic model for Sacred Energy Mastery + Lifestyle Sustainability
Created & Developed by Kristy L Rackham,RN

Holistic nursing is based on the premise that you cannot treat a patient’s physical health without addressing the multifaceted “whole” person, and that the individual themselves is central to the healing process.  

This practice recognises the totality of the individual and the interrelationships of body/environment, mind/manifestation, emotion/energy, connection/community, security/economy and personal growth/skills. 

In 2012 My Holistic Nurse developed 'The Me Map: A Holistic Model for Sacred Energy Mastery and Lifestyle Sustainability" (seen left). It is the framework that forms the basis of My Holistic Nurse's treatments, programs and professional ethos.  

The model's aim is to encompass the best of the medical system models of health, with emerging scientific findings and an evolving, public driven desire for a 'person-centred', empowered and 'partnership' approach to health. 

It is also the first independent holistic nursing model of it's kind within Australia developed by a Registered Nurse who has complementary health training and 20+ years of experience in the complementary health field.

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