Integrative care is an integral part of the patient

Integrative care is an integral part of the patient experience at Moffitt
(Moffitt Cancer Center, n.d.-a). Programs such as meditation, yoga, massage, and acupuncture
help the patients to cope with the symptoms and side effects of their treatment programs (Moffitt
Cancer Center, n.d.-a).
Professional Presence Promotion
Improving my current practice to promote an optimal healing environment for my
patients will also improve my relationships with the healthcare team and administrative teams
within my organization. The organization I am a part of is in the process of changing our healing
approach to include a whole care experience for patients and their families. The elements of
internal, interpersonal, behavioral, and external factors affecting health are the cornerstone for
this whole care experience and will continue to extend our healing ministry to our patients and
community. I look forward to applying the knowledge I gained in researching OHE such as
Johns Hopkins Medicine and Moffitt Cancer Center to my daily interactions with patients, their
family, and our healthcare teams. Promoting integrative medicine and alternative therapies such
as pet therapy and meditation will help my patients and their family to feel in control of the care.

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Conclusion
Professional awareness and mindfulness can have a great impact on nursing practice and
the patient experience. Though there have been different models of health and healing
throughout history, we are in an age where we understand health as a whole person experience
and not just the treatment or absence of disease. Differences in healing models, such as Western
and Eastern models, begin to merge into the understanding of health of the whole person.
Mindfulness techniques are used to prevent burnout in nursing, but also promote health in our
patients and their families. We develop plans to promote our whole person health in physical,
emotional, vital, and spiritual bodies because without first taking care of ourselves we cannot
begin to provide whole care for others. With that, optimal healing environments promote a
whole care experience with their staff and patients. These organizations take the time to
understand the internal, interpersonal, behavioral, and external elements of a healing
environment. Beyond the understanding of health, healing, environmental impacts on health,
and caring for ourselves, we must understand the impact personality traits can have on the
relationships we create with those around us. The Jung personality assessment helped me to
understand how my personality can affect the relationship I have with my patients and staff, in
addition to their perception of the healing environment my organization has created.

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References
Cherry, K. (2019-a). ENTP: The Debater (Extraverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Perceiving) . Retrieved from
Cherry, K. (2019-b). ISFJ: The Protector (Introverted, Sensing, Feeling, Judging) . Retrieved from
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