Naturopathy, Nightingale, and nature cure: a convergence of interests

Promoting self-awareness in nurses to improve nursing practice

“…It is necessary to question the effect we have on others in the caring environment (Hoffman 2001). Certainly, the self can be used therapeutically to develop the patient's trust and to promote a sense of wellbeing (McCabe 2000). By increasing our self-awareness, we can be more effective in our personal and professional lives.…”

Nursing and naturopathy at La Trobe: The challenge of multiparadigm education

“…Some examples of the common ground between the nursing and naturopathy paradigms are: (i) health rather than disease as the basis for theory and practice; 1 (ii) the significance of energy fields and spirituality in health states; (iii) the relationship between stress and illness / disease; 2 (iv) multiplicity of cause in disease; (v) clinical health patterns as a basis for assessment; 3 (vi) the value of touch / massage in care; 4 (vii) the importance of the patient–practitioner relationship, and the validity of different perspectives on health 1,5,6 . The knowledge base between naturopathy and the biosciences is also converging with a growing evidence base in all the major modalities of nutrition, herbal medicine, massage, and even homoeopathy 7 .…”