Holistic Nurse Training Program - Week 2 Fall
Target Audience
Nurses (RN & LPN)
Learning Objectives
After participating in the educational activities for Week One, attendees should be able to:
Day 1
- State Baystate Health’s Mission and Vision for Nursing
- Explore the significant and importance of Holistic Nursing Certification at Baystate Health
- Define the Magnet Nursing Standards and the IOM Future of Nursing Report alignment with promoting nurse’s self-care and well-being
- Interpret the therapeutic inpatient, ambulatory and community environments that holistic nursing care impacts
- Interpret the current evidence-informed literature about holistic nursing care
- Integrate principles of the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses into self-care and patient care
- Differentiate between the different types of certifications for holistic nursing
Day 2
- Explore the significant and importance of healing energy therapies and interconnectedness in holistic nursing
- Define the Holistic Code of Ethics, ethical decision making, and the ethical role of the nurse at BH
- Interpret the different holistic caring process in the inpatient, ambulatory and community environments that holistic nursing care impacts
- Differentiate between compassion fatigue and caregiver burnout in nursing
- Recognize the holistic nursing standards that the holistic nurse implements for comfort 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 holistic nursing and inpatient/ambulatory health care standards
- 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
- Interpret the evidence informed holistic care practices that have been used by other healthcare organizations
- 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
Faculty
Constance Blake, EdD, MSN, RNC-OB, HNB-BC
Nurse Educator
Holistic Nursing Department
Baystate Medical Center
Lindsay McDonald, MSN, RN
Behavior Health Nurse Educator
Baystate Medical Center
Cidalia Vital, PhD, RN, CNL, CRRN
Director Nursing Research, Holistic, & Spiritual Services
Baystate Medical Center
Lauri Deary, MS, BSN, RN, HN-BC
Nurse Educator
Baystate Medical Center
Jennifer Zollo, RN, BSN, NC-BC, CPN
Baystate Medical Center
Pamela Rivera, RN, BSN, CMSRN, HNB-BC
Expert Nurse, MM7
Baystate Medical Center
Araskya McInerney, BSN, RN
Clinical Documentation Specialist
Baystate Medical Center
Caitlin Waddell, MSN, RN, HNB-BC, GERO-BC
NICHE Program Coordinator
Baystate Medical Center
Ute Schmidt, Master Religious Education
Manager & Educator Spiritual Care
Baystate Medical Center
Name of Individual | Individual's Role in Activity | Financial Relationship Disclosure | Discussion of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constance Blake, EdD, MSN, RNC-OB, HNB-BC | Course Director, Planner, Instructor | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Lindsay McDonald, MSN, RN | Instructor | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Cidalia Vital, PhD, RN, CNL, CRRN | Instructor | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Lauri Deary, MS, BSN, RN, HN-BC | Instructor | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Jennifer Zollo, RN, BSN, NC-BC, CPN | Instructor | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Pamela Rivera, RN, BSN, CMSRN, HNB-BC | Instructor | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Araskya McInerney, BSN, RN | Instructor | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Caitlin Waddell, MSN, RN, HNB-BC, GERO-BC | Instructor | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Ute Schmidt, Master Religious Education | Instructor | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
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.

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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