Lisette Shanhai, MSN, RN, AHN-BC became a registered nurse in 2004 and received her MSN with a concentration in Advanced Holistic Nursing from Florida Atlantic University in 2014. She earned her certification in Advanced Holistic Nursing in 2015. Her nursing experience includes medical mission nursing, travel nursing, nephrology, post-surgical, step-down and direct observation, home hospice, acute care behavioral health and nursing education. She currently works as a care coordinator for Orlando VA Medical Center and serves on a complimentary and integrative health cyberseminar accreditation planning board and the Lake Baldwin Whole Health planning committee. Ms. Shanhai has presented within the VA locally on topics such as nurse self-care, Reiki within hospitals and compassion fatigue. Ms. Shanhai serves as an adjunct clinical instructor at the University of Central Florida for the basic and accelerated BSN programs and as a mentor through the alumni program. She has completed a Therapeutic Touch mentorship and is now a Qualified Therapeutic Touch Practitioner through the Therapeutic Touch International Association and is a member of Sigma Theta Tau. She is also an active member and represents the Orlando VA in The American Holistic Nurses’ Association. Ms. Shanhai is a column contributor for the online nursing magazine Advance/Elite Healthcare, publishing the article entitled, “Making Self-Care A Nursing Priority”. Ms. Shanhai has also submitted a patient care vignette for the upcoming publication of The Holistic Nursing Handbook for Practice, which was accepted and will print Fall of 2020. She became a Certified Reiki Master in 2008 and is passionate about self-care and the power of transformation, energy healing and meditation. Ms. Shanhai has volunteered in Cambodia as well as with St. John’s Hospital Reiki program in Oxnard, CA. Most recently, Ms. Shanhai has embraced the opportunity to provide energy-based modalities to hospice patients through the VITAS volunteer program in Central Florida. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family, friends and her dog, traveling, reading, cooking, attending festivals, concerts, meditation retreats and yoga. Ms. Shanhai has been able to apply holistic principles to all areas of nursing and leadership and looks forward to expanding her knowledge in the commitment of holistic practice.
I am Maryellen Marciniak, MSN, RN, NBC-HWC, CDE, AHN-BC, an advanced practice nurse, nationally board certified in health and wellness coaching, a Certified Diabetic Educator, board certified in Advanced Holistic Nursing as well as nursing education who has been with the VANJHCS for the past 9 years.
My career in nursing started at acute care facilities within intensive care/cardiac care and emergency departments. I later became a certified occupational health nurse dealing with employee care and designing employee health/wellness and safety promotion programs, occupational nursing manuals (that introduced employee wellness concepts) for Aerospace/Automotive divisions and I have authored articles establishing the occupational nurses’ comprehensive role within Industrial Health and Safety Programs as well as designing health and wellness programs for the community at large.
All of this has led me to the pinnacle of my career as a Clinical/Nurse Health Coach within VA New Jersey. It is a privilege and honor to partner with our Veterans, their care givers and our employees. I use evidenced based skills that facilitate sustainable behavior changes – a combination of Nursing theory and Whole Health Coaching strategies and techniques. By assisting Veterans to recognize their inner wisdom – they are given the space to identify and state their values and attain goals through an action plan that is based on their individual mission, aspiration and purpose towards their health. By employing Whole Health Coaching along with my other nursing skill sets, I have found that I can be a catalyst to both individual’s and groups’ positive behavior change. The Clinical Health Coaching groups that I facilitate include, Type 2 DM, Tai Chi Easy/Adaptive Tai Chi, Mindfulness, as well as working with our VA weight management program – MOVE! – as of late, these groups have been switched to Video platforms. Health Coaching groups are crafted as the Veterans’ needs present themselves – a Healthy Heart and Health Coaching group is being crafted and will soon be implemented.
It is also my privilege to mentor our VANJ Onsite Whole Health Champions – individual employees who represent each of our Ambulatory Care sites, these individuals are tasked with:
– Describing the philosophy and goals of Whole Health and Whole Health Coaching in the clinical setting to employees, Veterans and Caregivers.
– Enhancing and supporting Whole Health and Whole Health Coaching framework, concepts and skills with other members of PACT through role modeling and serving as the Onsite Whole Health resource/liaison.
– Notifying the setting of all implementation tools and strategies as they are approved to support Patient Centered Care through Whole Health and Whole Health Coaching.
Nurse/Clinical Health Coaching is what matches my values – mission, aspiration and purpose. I can weave multiple nursing theories, including complimentary and integrative health modalities. into my Nurse/Clinical Health Coaching practice. By utilizing the Circle of Health and the Components of Wellbeing, I am able to provide a framework to my Nurse/Clinical Health Coaching that is individualized and Veteran centered – I am able to provide the space for individuals and groups to access their greatest healing potential by partnering with not only our Veterans but also their Caregivers, as well as my colleagues and staff.
I have always practiced this way throughout my long career but there were never words or a conceptual framework or theory that described the Clinical Nurse Health Coaching role – until now – and I have found my home.
Thank you to all the dedicated nurses, colleagues and staff of the Veteran Administration – whose works and caring brings out the best in all of us.
Congratulations to Jaime Vinson, HN-BC, and colleagues for publishing an article in the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing.
Weighted Blankets: Anxiety Reduction in Adult Patients Receiving Chemotherapy
Virtual Sharing Circles for Community Connection and Support
led by Dr Linda Bark and team
SAVE THE DATE:
Tuesday, July 28, 4:30 pm PST
Monday, Aug 17, 4:30 pm PST
Monday, Sept 21, 4:30 pm PST
Monday, Oct 19, 4:30 pm PST
Monday, Nov 16, 4:30 pm PST
Monday, Dec 14, 4:30 pm PST
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For the remainder of 2020, I would like to gather our community each month in a Sharing Circle. It is free to participate and everyone is invited.
Our goal is to remind everyone that we are connected and belong to a community that does care about how we are all doing. Moving into the new integral paradigm is difficult but, as they say, practice makes perfect! We want to support each other in this process of dealing with Covid-19 and looking at deep-rooted injustices.
Just register once and you’ll get monthly reminders for each upcoming Circle so you can attend when you are able. It’s as easy as that!
Note: These events are open to everyone, so please invite your friends and loved ones. You do not have to be a coach to attend.
All the best,
Linda
BEING WITH SUFFERING: Tools for Clinical Practice in the Midst of Crises – with Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD; Cynda Hylton Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN; and Anthony Back, MD.
In this special 1-day online program on Sunday, August 2 from 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Mountain Time, Roshi Joan, Cynda, and Anthony Back share special practices and approaches for clinicians and other health care providers working in the midst of the COVID pandemic. – Upaya Zen Center
As a Partner for Health of the Integrated Health Policy Consortium (IHPC), AHNCC would like to invite you to an important upcoming event.
The Congressional Integrative Health and Wellness Caucus
Virtual Briefing
on Friday, July 24, 2020 at 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET
The Pain-demic: Fallout from COVID-19
Solutions for Our Worsening Opioid Crisis and the Rising Impact of HealthCare Disparities
COVID-19 has exacerbated the raging opioid crisis driven by the nation’s more than 50 million chronic pain sufferers, magnifying existing healthcare disparities and heightening barriers to essential, cost effective, non-opioid, non-drug pain treatments.
Learn from Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Task Force Chairperson and pain management expert, Vanila Singh, M.D. about the groundbreaking findings and recommendations of her 29-member, inter-agency Best Practices in Pain Management Task Force report.
Learn how the nation’s largest healthcare safety net, our system of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC’s), are leading the way in implementing the HHS Task Force recommendations to cope with the opioid crisis and care for the 29 million children and adults who are part of our rapidly growing Community Health Center population. FQHC family physician Sharad Kohli, M.D. details his “in the trenches” experience with non-drug, innovative pain management programs being piloted in these hardest hit communities.
Speakers:
Vanila Singh M.D. – Former Chief Medical Officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Chair, HHS Pain Management Best Practices Interagency Task Force; Clinical Associate Professor Stanford School of Medicine
Sharad Kohli, M.D. – Family Physician, People’s Community Clinic – Federally Qualified Health Center; Board of Directors, Integrative Health Policy Consortium
Moderator:
David Fogel, MD – CEO & Co-founder CHI Health Care; Board of Directors & Co-Chair, Policy Committee, Integrative Health Policy Consortium
Please RSVP here.
This is the first in a series of Congressional Integrative Health and Wellness briefings exploring pressing national health policy issues and innovative solutions.
Hosted by the Integrative Health Policy Consortium (IHPC) – http://www.ihpc.org/.
To learn more about IHPC please go to https://www.facebook.com/theIHPC/.
As part of the work of AHNCC, Dr. David Rabinowitsch and Dr. Noreen Frisch reviewed the literature to find out how the terms “Holistic Nursing”, “Integrative Nursing” and “Integrative Health Care” are defined. They have won the 2020 Journal of Holistic Nursing (JHN) Excellence in Research Writing Award for their article:
Frisch, N. C. and Rabinowitsch, D. (2019). What’s in a definition? Holistic Nursing, Integrative Health Care, and Integrative Nursing: Report of an integrated literature review. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 37(3), 260-272.
Doi.org/10.1177/0898010119860685
Join an important online event: COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on black Americans Friday, May 22, 2020 • 12:30 PM CT via Zoom
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (April 27, 2020) – The American Board of Nursing Specialties (ABNS), which represents 31 nursing certification boards and over 920,000 board certified LPNs, RNs and advanced practice nurses, today announced that its 2020 Nursing Certification Advocacy Award winner is The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey. This annual ABNS award recognizes employers who go above and beyond in their support of specialty nursing certification for their nursing teams.
“It is very clear that The Valley Hospital is deeply committed to providing safe and reliable high-quality care to their patients and their community and sees specialty nursing certification as a major way to achieve their goals,” said ABNS President and Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing Executive Director Janie Schumaker, MBA, RN, CEN, CPHQ, CENP, FABC. “Valley’s nurse leaders serve as certification champions and role models for their respective specialties by being certified themselves and encouraging their staff to get board certified.”
ABNS chose The Valley Hospital for its strong organization-wide commitment to nursing certification at all levels, which has led to a 100% certification rate within the nursing leadership. Magnet-accredited since 2003, Valley also has the most holistic certified nurses of any hospital in the nation.
The many system-wide ways Valley demonstrates a commitment to improving their standard of care through nurse certification include:
Robust support for professional development in the areas of continuing education necessary for nurses to acquire and maintain the knowledge required for specialty certification.
Providing certified nurses with an annual bonus each Certified Nurses Day, which removes financial barriers for nurses to certify and recertify.
Celebrating nurses when they achieve professional milestones such as specialty certification through recognition coordinated by shared governance councils, which further encourages staff to get and stay certified.
“The ABNS board of directors commends The Valley Hospital on their outstanding advocacy and support for certification,” said Schumaker. “Valley is a true role model and we are inspired by their support for specialty nursing certification.”
We are very pleased to share with you the editorial recognizing the WHO 2020 International Year of the Nurse; Nurses’ Week and Nurses Day published by Carol M. Baldwin and Barbara M. Dossey in the Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care (SWJPCC). In the article, we also celebrate our interprofessional activities and collaborations that are essential to comprehensive, holistic health care intervention and promotion, particularly in the face of the global coronavirus epidemic.
Congratulations to all nurses and midwives in this 2020 International Year of the Nurse and Midwife (and beyond). Sincerely, Carol M. Baldwin, PhD, RN, CHTP, CT, AHN-BC, FAAN, Barbara M. Dossey, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, HWNC-BC
