Taking the Eagle's View: Using Watson's Conceptual Model to Investigate the Extraordinary and Transformative Experiences of Nurse Healers : Holistic Nursing Practice

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Taking the Eagle's View

Using Watson's Conceptual Model to Investigate the Extraordinary and Transformative Experiences of Nurse Healers

Hemsley, Martin Sananda PhD; Glass, Nel PhD; Watson, Jean PhD

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School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia (Dr Hemsley); the School of Nursing and Health Care Practices, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia (Dr Glass); and the University of Colorado Denver and Health Sciences Center (Dr Watson).

Corresponding author: Martin Sananda Hemsley, PhD, PMB 50, Gold Coast MC QLD 9726, Australia (e-mail: [email protected]).

Holistic Nursing Practice 20(2):p 85-94, March 2006.

Abstract

Watson's conceptual model of a caring-healing transpersonal understanding of nursing was used to underpin a hermeneutic phenomenological study of the extraordinary and transformational experiences of nurse healers. The 5 essential themes uncovered from the analysis of interviews with 11 nurse healers—Belonging & Connecting, Opening to Spirit, Summoning, Wounding & Healing Journey, and Living as a Healer—are set out, along with the overarching theme “Walking Two Worlds.” Foundational understandings of Watson's model as they relate to the findings, and theoretical aspects, are discussed, and potential contributions of this study to the ongoing evolution of Watson's conceptual model are articulated.

© 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

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