Global nursing issues V
Course code: 0727
Ms G Milton
2 points * 2 hours per week * First or second semester * Peninsula
Objectives On completion of this subject students are expected to demonstrate a beginning understanding of the philosophy of healing by integrating concepts and ideas of how various complementary therapies function for the individual; gain a beginning understanding of the method, aim, value and purpose of a range of complementary therapies; identify how a number of appropriate complementary therapies may be incorporated into mainstream health care; discuss the legal/ethical and professional nursing issues that relate to the use of complementary therapies.
Synopsis The subject encourages creativity and seeking ways of promoting wellbeing. It explores the use of complementary healing therapies within a holistic caring paradigm. The subject is taught by lectures, demonstrations and group interactions.
Assessment Seminar presentation: 30% * Assignment: 70%
Recommended texts
Gerber R Vibrational medicine; New choices for healing ourselves Bear, 1996
Rankin-Box D F The nurses' handbook of complementary therapies Churchill Livingstone, 1995
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