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Volume 1, Issue 1 J Nurs Res Pract Nursing Care & Breast Congress 2017
December 11-13, 2017
December 11-13, 2017 | Rome, Italy
Joint Event
&
45th WORLD CONGRESS ON NURSING CARE
8TH EUROPEAN BREAST CONGRESS
Advancing well-being and health of elderly with integrative nursing principles
Aysegul Ilgaz and Sebahat Gözüm
Akdeniz University, Turkey
In the world where number of elderly people are increasing day by day, the protection and development of the health of the
elderly is an important condition. There is a need for holistic care for the survival of the elderly, for being more independent
in daily life activities, for improving health and well-being, for healthy aging. Integrative nursing principles are a field of
application of holistic philosophy and may be a guide to health professionals in improving the health of individuals, families
and communities. These principles were first announced in 2014; has been described as a health approach that takes the
individual, family and society as a whole together with their environment and relationships and adopts the principle of using
all the healing methods in health care. In the essence of integrative nursing, improvement/well-being of health is aimed beyond
treatment of disrupted health. Integrative nursing principles can be used as a guide to holistic assessment and improvement
of the health of the elderly. Interventions who take care of them with the environment they live in (home visits), support their
existing healing process (focusing to patient during nursing care, interpersonal relationships, therapeutic touch), benefit from
the healing effect of the nature (spending time in nature, walking), strengthen the relationship (mobilization of the social
environment, social support, volunteer organizations) and use all evidence-based healing methods (pet therapy, yoga, tai chi,
music therapy) should be included in the care of elderly individuals. Health professionals should learn integrative nursing
principles and care for these principles in order to improve the health and well-being of the elderly. Giving care according
to integrative nursing principles can increase the quality of life of the elderly and reduce the return to the hospital, health
spending, mortality rates.
Recent Publications
1. Koithan M (2014) Concepts and principles of integrative nursing. p.3. In: Kreitzer MJ, Koithan M. Integrative nursing
(s. 3-16). Oxford University Press. Doi: 10.1093/med/9780199860739.003.0001.
2. Kreitzer M J (2015) Integrative nursing: application of principles across clinical settings. Rambam Maimonides
Medical Journal. 6(2):e0016.
3. Principles of Integrative Nursing. (2017). Center for Spirituality & Healing:
focus-areas/integrative-nursing/principles-integrative-nursing
4. Practical Nursing 2017. The Importance of Holistic Nursing Care: How to Completely Care for your Patients. http://
5. Chen Y M , Li Y P (2004) Holistic care for the elderly. Hu Li Za Zhi The Journal of Nursing 51(3):7-10.
Biography
Ayşegül Ilgaz completed her MSc in the field of Public Health Nursing at the University of Akdeniz, Antalya, Turkey. She is in the preparatory stage for doctoral
dissertation. Her current research interests focus on development of public health nursing, community health, integrative nursing, improving the health and
wellbeing of older people, complementary health approaches, colorectal cancer screening.
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