title: A holistic approach to meeting students' needs: using hypnotherapy techniques to assist students in managing their health.
abstract: Nursing education has long been holistic in its approach to aiding the client or family. Further, most nurses, especially school nurses, are holistic by nature. That is, school nurses see a person as a whole being, physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. The more conscious nurses become of their holistic nature and the more they expand their knowledge and skills in holistic methods, the more they can assist students and families in having greater control over their health. Examples of selected holistic techniques and their positive effects when used by students with diabetes and asthma are illustrated in case studies.
authors.affiliation: Woodside High School, California, USA.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Watters
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000451:nursing; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000451:nursing; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012573:School Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*