Integrative Nursing - A Whole Health Perspective

Fully updated and revised, the third edition of Integrative Nursing: A Whole Health Perspective continues to serve as a comprehensive guide to integrative patient care. Emphasizing a whole health perspective, this new edition incorporates the latest evidence-informed methodologies to revisit the foundations of integrative nursing and outline new strategies driving improved patient and system outcomes.

Integrative nursing focuses on the true process of integration--how to offer care that combines biomedical approaches with evidence-informed integrative therapies and healing practices. From managing care of challenging symptoms such as nausea, pain, and anxiety to designing programs for special populations or clinical settings, Integrative Nursing offers practical, relevant, and rigorous information that informs practice, education, and research.

This new edition centers the application of the principles of integrative nursing in real life settings, including Nursing Narratives on topics like chronic pain, hypertension, anxiety and nausea. The narratives draw from the expertise of an experienced and diverse group of nursing professionals and illustrate how systems of integrative nursing practice can be created and sustained both in clinical and community-based models of care. The revised chapters also focus on the social and structural determinants of health, the application of integrative nursing practices in diverse environments, and the importance of planetary health.

Balancing academic rigor with practical and relevant content, this volume is designed for both established professionals and students in undergraduate or graduate nursing programs. It provides actionable insights that can be readily implemented into practice, fostering a holistic approach to healthcare.

List of contents

• Foreword: William E. Rosa


• Section I: Foundations of Integrative Nursing


• Chapter 1: Concepts and Principles of Integrative Nursing


• Mary Jo Kreitzer and Mary Koithan


• Chapter 2: Integrative Nursing and Caring Science


• Jean Watson


• Chapter 3: Understanding Systems in Health and Healthcare


• Mary Koithan and Leah Stauber


• Chapter 4: Planetary Health and Integrative Nursing


• Teddie Potter and Elizabeth Schenk


• Section II: Optimizing Whole Health and Wellbeing


• Chapter 5: Advancing Whole Health and Wellbeing in People, Organizations, and Communities - Mary Jo Kreitzer and Johanna Gaskins


• Chapter 6 : Integrative Nursing in Public Health


• Shawna Beese and Angelica Walton


• Chapter 7:Tools and Technologies to Support Whole Person Health and Wellbeing


• Robin Austin, Malin Britt-Lalich, and Ratchada Jantraporn


• Chapter 8: Cultural Perspectives on Whole Health and Wellbeing


• Melissa Vera, Timian M. Godfrey, Melessa Kelly, and Marylyn McEwan


• Chapter 9: Health Coaching and Health Coaching Skills: Behavior Change in Nursing


• Erin Erickson


• Chapter 10 : Creating Optimal Healing Environments


• Terri Zborowsky and Mary Jo Kreitzer


• Section III: Integrative Nursing Care Across Clinical Settings and Populations


• Chapter 11 : Integrative Nursing Assessment


• Megan E. Voss and Natalie Pool


• Chapter 12: Integrative Nursing Care Delivery


• Natalie Pool and Megan E. Voss


• Chapter 13: Integrative Nursing in Acute Care Environments


• Susanne Cutshall and Lisa Van Getson


• Chapter 14: Living Well: Integrative Nursing and Chronic Illness


• Mary Koithan and Leah Stauber


• Chapter 15: Integrative Nursing in Community-Based Settings


• Angelica Walton, Shawna Beese, and Mary Koithan


• Chapter 16: Integrative Nursing in Palliative Care and Hospice Environments


• Abbey Metzger and Julie Nisco-Madden


• Chapter 17: Integrative Nursing and Mental Health


• Gisli Kort Kristofersson and Merrie J. Kaas


• Chapter 18: Advanced Practice Integrative Nursing


• Laura Sandquist and Kate Otremba


• Section IV: Leading System Change


• Chapter 19: Leading Systems Change: A Whole Systems Healing Approach


• Mary Jo Kreitzer


• Chapter 20: Implementation of Integrative Nursing Across a Clinical Enterprise


• Molly Eileen Nunez and Susanlee Wisotzkey


• Chapter 21: Bridging the Gap: Nursing Informatics and Integrative Nursing in Contemporary Healthcare


• Robin R. Austin, Malin BrittLalich, Ratchada Jantraporn, Molly Eileen Nunez, and Connie W. Delaney


• Chapter 22: Integrative Nursing and the Wellbeing of the Nursing Workforce


• Donna Eull, Laura Kirk, and Sherry Chesak


• Chapter 23: Integrative Nursing Education Models and Strategies


• Tiffanie L. Rampley, Thora Jenny Gunnarsdottir, Monique van Dijk, Martine Busch, Marianne J.E. van der Heijden, Rebecca Nagle, and Anita Lunde


• Chapter 24: The Long View


• Mary Jo Kreitzer and Mary Koithan


• Appendices

About the author

Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, is the founder and director of the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota, where she also serves as a tenured professor in the School of Nursing. Within the School of Nursing, Dr. Kreitzer is the co-lead of the doctorate of nursing practice program in integrative health and healing.

Mary Koithan, PhD, CNS-BC, FAAN, is a Professor and Dean of the WSU College of Nursing at Washington State University. Previously, she served as the associate dean for student and community engagement at the University of Arizona College of Nursing, and was an Anne Furrow Professor of Integrative Nursing. She has more than 30 years of academic and leadership experience in nursing.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Jo (Founder and Director Kreitzer
• Assisted by: Mary Koithan (Editor), Koithan Mary (Editor), Mary Jo Kreitzer (Editor), Kreitzer Mary Jo (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 03.12.2025
• EAN: 9780197764947
• ISBN: 978-0-19-776494-7
• No. of pages: 504
• Series: Weil Integrative Medicine Library
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Massage, Nursing, MEDICAL / Nursing / Fundamentals & Skills, MEDICAL / Nursing / Reference, Nursing & ancillary services