QUITE WELL IN THE PANDEMIC OF 2020: MY STORY – by Karen Griffith RN, MSN, NC-BC
As I write this, I’m thinking of how this year started for me. Most definitely, my year did not start out with me feeling “quite well.” We all started 2020 with different dreams and plans for the year. Most of us had dreams and plans that were far different than where we ended up in the midst of the pandemic. My plan was to start up my part-time virtual nurse coaching business, but that didn’t happen until early Fall, and it actually has turned into nurse coaching by way of writing, which was not what I had planned at all. Here is a little peek at how my story of 2020 unfolds:
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Billy Rosa, PhD, MBE, NP-BC, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC, FAAN, recently served as co-editor for the 8th edition of Dossey & Keegan’s Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice. This book continues the proud lineage of holistic nursing scholarship across theory, research, and evidence-based practice domains. In addition, he is lead researcher for special commissioned report by the World Innovation Summit for Health, on Nurses and Health Equity: Guidelines for Tackling the Social Determinants of Health with social determinants expert, Professor Sir Michael Marmot. With foreword by World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Nursing Officer, Elizabeth Iro, and commitment statements from the world’s major nursing and health organizations, the report offers more than 70 global, national, and nurse level recommendations to advance health equity by acting on the social determinants. Dr. Rosa is currently working with the International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care as their Designated U.S.A. Advocacy Focal Point to hold the government accountable for supporting policies that promote universal palliative care access. In addition, he is an American Psychosocial Oncology Society Health Equity Scholar, focusing on LGBTQ+ palliative care equity initiatives, and an International Council of Nurses Global Nursing Leadership Institute Scholar, who is collaborating with colleagues in the WHO Regions of the Americas to create collaborative opportunities to increase nurse leadership in health policy. Throughout the pandemic, Dr. Rosa has published more than 30 articles and editorials, many of which call for increased nursing action on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and increased palliative care access. His recent JAMA Health Forum manuscript emphasizes the integration of palliative care into all serious illness care as a human right. He will be inducted to the inaugural class of the Global Academy of Holistic Nursing Scholars this summer. You can follow him on Twitter or check out his website for direct access to free access publications where available.
Dominique Fontaine, BSN, RN, HNB-BC, HWNC-BC has been named the Editor of the new AHNA Nurse Coaching Newsletter. This Newsletter for 2021 will be published quarterly as it rolls out and you can send Nurse Coaching activities, articles and published research to Dominique Fontaine at dominique@sageintegrativewellness.com. AHNA has identified specific learning and communication needs of our members practicing Nurse Coaching, and this newsletter is a step in meeting those needs.
Dominque is a double board-certified Bachelors prepared holistic registered nurse and health and wellness nurse coach, and founder of Sage Integrative Wellness, LLC. She is chapter leader for the AHNA Scottsdale, AZ Chapter, a holistic nurse educator, speaker, and consultant, integrative health and wellness workshop facilitator, and a cannabis nurse coach and consultant. As an American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation (AHNCC) board certified nurse coach supervisor, she supports nurses on a holistic journey towards board certification with her Sage Mentorships in the specialties of holistic nursing, integrative nurse coaching, and future goals of board certification in cannabis nursing as well as holistic nurse entrepreneurship.
Her work focuses specifically on homeostasis regulation, healing, and wellbeing, integrating complementary integrative health approaches such as natural products, mind-body medicine, movement therapies, energy therapies, and partnering with clients to rediscover purpose and enhance quality of life. Her favorite research experiences have been in integrative health and wellness pilot studies at the clinical level with data collection, monitoring, and peer reviewing and medical content reviewing as a holistic nurse consultant for a few major national and international health and wellness media companies. She enjoys advancing the profession of nursing through her active committee involvement with a few national nursing organizations in nursing research, education, and credentialing. Dominique is a passionate nurse disability advocate who enjoys spending quality time with her emotional service animal, Xena while striving to transform healthcare and culture through awareness, education, innovation, research, and integrative nurse coaching.
Nurse Coach Newsletter – First Issue
Present healthcare is incomplete. If we continue to just share information and educate (which is important), the patient’s wishes, needs and desires get lost in the shuffle. Nurse Coaches are moving healthcare towards holistic health, integrating mind body spirit, healing.
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Dominique Fontaine, BSN, RN, HNB-BC, HWNC-BC founder of Sage Integrative Wellness, LLC is presenting for the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) webinar series. Her webinar presentation, “4 Holistic Insights In Learning How to Nurse Coach The Cannabis Patient”, will be available July 8. 2021.
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“Nurse Coaching is purposeful and strength based, and it is intended to connect with someone in a way that creates a really valuable partnership. That partnership allows people to develop self-confidence and to take steps towards their wellness.” ~Alice Teall
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Hosted by Adrienne Vienneau on Integrative Nurse Coaches in ACTION!
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate to the nurse how research utilization supports provision of evidence-based care in an integrative nurse coach and cannabis nurse coach practice. Receive 1.6 CNE through the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA)
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Men considering a career in a healthcare profession should not discount nursing as an option. Though the field of nursing has traditionally been dominated by women, the number of working male nurses has increased significantly in recent decades. And the increase in gender equity is likely to continue to grow as more men find nursing to be a fulfilling career option and the demand for men in the field rises.
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Margaret Erickson, PhD, RN, CNS, APHN-BC, CEO of AHNCC, is presenting at the International Assoc. for Human Caring (IAHC) – 42nd Annual IAHC Virtual Conference. Her presentation, “Embracing Different Worldviews: The Pathway to Inclusivity in Healthcare”, along with all other presentations of the conference, will be continuously available from June 1 – September 1, 2021.
Nicole Vienneau, MSN, RN, NC-BC hosts a podcast that covers the latest innovations, ideas, and breakthroughs from Nurses who are shifting the paradigm of disease care to HEALTH care, through the art and science of Nurse Coaching.
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