title: Caring about community, ecology and the lives of women.
abstract: The front lines of caring extend far beyond U.S. borders. Some holistic nurses are using their skill and knowledge to create sustainable change in other countries. With the help of her local Vermont community, AHNA member Margarita (Rita) Severinghaus is applying the principles and values of holistic nursing to improve women's lives in her mother's childhood village in the Dominican Republic.
authors.affiliation: Office of Care Management, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA. dominicanrepublicprojects@gmail.com
authors.forename: Margarita Ruiz
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Severinghaus
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004293:Dominican Republic; D004782:Environmental Health / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D016387:Women's Health