After participating in the educational activities for Week One, attendees should be able to:

Day 1

• State Baystate Health’s Mission and Vision for patient & family centered care with holistic, heart-centered and empathic care
• Explore the significant and importance of Holistic Nursing Certification at Baystate Health
• Differentiate between the different types of certifications for holistic nursing
• Define the Magnet Nursing Standards and the IOM Future of Nursing Report alignment with promoting nurse and caregiver self-care and well-being
• Interpret the therapeutic inpatient, ambulatory and community environments that holistic care impacts
• Interpret the current evidence-informed literature about holistic care
• Integrate principles of the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses into self-care and patient care
• Discuss the concepts of holistic care being a vital part of the caregiving role for all staff members involved with direct patient/family care
• Recognize the nursing theorists who provided a written foundation for holistic care concepts

Day 2

• Explore the significant and importance of healing energy therapies and interconnectedness in holistic care
• Define the Holistic Code of Ethics, ethical decision making, and the ethical role of the caregivers at BH
• Interpret the different holistic caring process in the inpatient, ambulatory and community environments that holistic care impacts
• Differentiate between compassion fatigue and caregiver burnout in healthcare
• Recognize the holistic care standards that the caregiver implements for comfort and healing
   

Day 3

• Explore the non-invasive integrative therapies (breathing, meditation, guided imagery, sleep benefits and mindfulness) that support the holistic approach to patient care & caregiver’s well-being
• Define the benefits of aromatherapy, art or music and sound therapy and their alignment with promoting patient’s healing and the caregiver’s well-being
• Interpret the therapeutic inpatient, ambulatory and community environments
• Discuss the application of the using the M-Technique method of structured touch to support comfort or aid in the healing environment
• Interpret the therapeutic effects of using the M Technique on staff and patients/families

Day 4

• Explore the ideas, concepts and components of a holistic group evidence-informed project on the caregiver’s unit/department
• Define holistic interventions that would provide therapeutic comfort to the staff or patients on the caregiver’s unit/department
• Interpret the evidence informed practices that support self-care, self-reflection and self-development of the holistic caregiver
• Analyze holistic communication and leadership styles
• Differentiate between the concepts of emotional intelligence, spirituality and belief systems