Sacred journeys of nurse healers.

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This article reports on a hermeneutic phenomenological investigation of the transformational and extraordinary experiences, or sacred journeys, of 11 nurse healers. The study was guided by Watson's conceptual model. An overarching theme, "walking two worlds," was identified, along with five essential themes:
belonging and connecting, opening to spirit, summoning, wounding and healing journey, and living as a healer. The importance of these phenomenologically uncovered holistic understandings to the teaching, practice, administration, knowledge development, and theoretical evolvement of nursing is argued.

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Author/s: Hemsley, Martin (M); Glass, Nel (N);

Affiliation: Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. m.hemsley(-atsign-)griffith.edu.au

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association (J Holist Nurs), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Dec; vol 24 (issue 4) : pp 256-68; discussion 269

Dates: Created 2006/11/13; Completed 2007/02/08;

PMID: 17098879, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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