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    Our Soil, OurSelves: Ecotherapy for the Nurse, Patient, and Planet

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    Author
    Collins, Katrina
    Advisor
    Cynthia Gustafson; Murphy Fox; John Hart
    Date of Issue
    2003-04-01
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    https://scholars.carroll.edu/handle/20.500.12647/3574
    Title
    Our Soil, OurSelves: Ecotherapy for the Nurse, Patient, and Planet
    Type
    thesis
    Abstract
    The nursing profession is concerned with the health and well-being of individuals and their physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs. Each need, or dimension, must be explored in isolation, as well as in relation to each other when providing complete holistic care to the individual, for each dimension influences the other. In addition, these dimensions are impacted by the individual’s connection to the natural environment via a sense of connectedness, their perception of their place in the universe, their level of exposure to organic versus artificial energy, etc. Like human bodies, the environment is a dynamic and open system that humans are intimately a part of, and as nurses it’s important to examine not only the individual human being, but that individual in the context ofthat greater body with which he/she is intimately connected (Lincoln, 2000). Ecotherapy is a useful tool for nurses to use in holistic practice as it stems from a paradigm that regards humans as active members of a greater body of living systems, and gears its therapeutic focus on utilizing a reciprocal nurturing interaction between human and environment to enhance health and well-being (Clinebell, 1996).
    Degree Awarded
    Bachelor's
    Semester
    Spring
    Department
    Nursing
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