Nurses’ attitudes towards complementary therapie

dc.contributor.author	Φουντούκη, Αντιγόνη	el
dc.contributor.author	Θεοφανίδης, Δημήτρης	el
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-13T18:36:10Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-13T18:36:10Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-13
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1225
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	Εναλλακτική θεραπεία
dc.subject	Complementary therapy
dc.subject	Alternative therapy
dc.subject	Nursing attitudes
dc.subject	Acupuncture
dc.subject	Herbal remedies
dc.subject	Βελονισμός
dc.title	Nurses’ attitudes towards complementary therapie	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.generalDescription	Review	en
heal.classification	Medicine--Nursing
heal.classification	Νοσηλευτική
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Medicine--Nursing
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Νοσηλευτική
heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2009-09
heal.bibliographicCitation	Fountouki, A., Theofanidis, D.. (2009). Nurses’ attitudes towards complementary therapie. "Health Science Journal". 3 (3), 149-57.	en
heal.abstract	Contemporary nursing strives to incorporate more holistic principles into the environment in which nurses are expected to practice. The general public is becoming more demanding and expects a high quality service which health care professionals are struggling to provide. This has led to a surge of interest in non-orthodox or complementary therapies. People are looking to these therapies to fill the gaps left by orthodox treatments. The purpose of this paper was to present a systematic review of the attitudes of nurses towards complementary therapies. Method and material: The systematic review was carried out in various databases using combinations of the following search terms: complementary therapy, alternative therapy, holistic, integrated care, nursing attitudes, acupuncture and herbal remedies. Results: This review confirms that complementary therapies are increasingly appealing to nurses and the wider public alike. Different forms of these therapies are presented and discussed. Complementary therapies offer nurses an ideal opportunity to return, at least to some degree, to hands-οn nursing. They offer levels of holistic care which orthodox nursing and medical practices have so far failed to deliver. They also offer the opportunity for nurses to act as totally autonomous therapists. These therapies can empower patients and help them feel more in control of their own condition. They also help to address aspects of the patient that a western medical model of health care delivery has often ignored, for example, the role of anxiety in pain experience, or spirituality. Conclusions:Τhe potential benefits of incorporating complementary therapies into nursing practice have been well illustrated in a wide selection of literature. Nurses’ attitudes towards these therapies have also been discussed but there has been little if any research into them. In order to obtain facts about nurses’ attitudes and to ascertain the willingness of nurses to use these therapies further research is required.	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	true
heal.dateCreated	2009-07