Holistic Nurse Training Program - Week 2

Springfield, MA US
March 30, 2026 to April 2, 2026

Target Audience

Nurses (RN & LPN)

Learning Objectives

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

Day 1

· Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of healthcare technology

· Define appropriate methods to provide opportunities for meditation and mindfulness for promote healing self-care and well-being

· Interpret the therapeutic inpatient, ambulatory and community environments that holistic care impacts

· Discuss the current evidence-informed literature about the holistic care methods

· Integrate principles of culturally sensitive care into self-care and patient care

· Differentiate between the different types of therapeutic relationships that holistic caregivers engage in

Day 2

· Explore the significant research opportunities and quality improvement projects in holistic care

· Define the principles of energy conservation, earth and environment

· Interpret the effectiveness of the different holistic caring projects in the inpatient, ambulatory and community environments that holistic care impacts

· Differentiate between holistic led interventions that support the patient’s experience

· Identify the holistic scope and standards of care that directly impact staff and patient well-being and healing

Day 3

· Explore the benefits of embracing diversity/equity/inclusion into the holistic health care delivery model

· Define the scientific truths and falsehoods of holistic nursing care with patients and self-care for staff

· Interpret the national trends for the delivery of holistic healthcare and inpatient/ambulatory health care standards

· Discuss the significance of setting realistic behavioral boundaries with intention

· Integrate the didactic holistic learning with real-life examples from the inpatient/ambulatory settings

Day 4

· Explore the ideas, concepts and components of a holistic certification exam

· Define the holistic interventions that promote comfort or enhance the healing environment in inpatient, ambulatory, home or at end-of-life

· Discuss the significance of holistic care for the geriatric population and their families

· Analyze the patient’s or staff’s experience with holistic modalities introduced to that population

· Differentiate between the concepts of holistic teaching on a unit versus at a podium presentation

· Integrate principles of holistic care practices when critiquing research and evidence-informed quality projects

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 32.00 ANCC Contact Hours
Course opens: 
03/30/2026
Course expires: 
05/04/2026
Event starts: 
03/30/2026 - 8:00am EDT
Event ends: 
04/02/2026 - 5:00pm EDT
Baystate Medical Center
759 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA 01199
United States

Faculty

Name of Individual

Individual's Role in Activity

Financial Relationship Disclosure

Discussion of
Unlabeled/Unapproved
Uses of Drugs/Devices
in Presentation?

Constance Blake, EdD, MSN, RNC-OB, HNB-BCCourse Director, Planner, InstructorNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Cidalia Vital, PhD, RN, CNL, CRRNInstructorNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Jennifer Zollo, RN, BSN, NC-BC, CPNInstructorNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Alyssa ReardonInstructorNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Lindsey McDonaldInstructorNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Caitlin Waddell, MSN, RN, HNB-BC, GERO-BCInstructorNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

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In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


 

Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 32.0 contact hour(s).  Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 32.00 ANCC Contact Hours
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