tailieunhanh - Healing Presence: The Essence of Nursing

Through a long and rewarding career in nursing I have been privileged to support and learn from many about the wellness-illness patterns that mark the human experience. It is frequently an illness event that slows us down, inviting us to step outside normal routines to reevaluate the beliefs and patterns that create the life we live. Cares of the day become insignificant when one is confronted with one’s mortality. The focus shifts to the deeper questions of the soul. Occasionally when we are ill, we are fortunate enough to have the support and safety of a caring relationship in which we can ponder with vulnerability and reflect with candor. | Healing Presence The Essence of Nursing JoEllen Goertz Koerner RN PhD FAAN SPRINGER PUBLISHING COMPANY New York JOELLEN GOERTZ KOERNER RN PhD FAAN and founder of NurseMetriX is an author editor speaker researcher educator and nurse executive leader of international renown. She is the past president of the American Organization of Nurse Executives AONE and 2005 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the AONE Institute for Patient Care Research and Education. With extensive executive-level management and leadership experience in health care administration education regulation and e-commerce her initial career efforts focused on nursing education and service in corporate health systems. She then worked in virtual education with curriculum modeling and delivery at the intersection of the philosophy and practice of professional nursing. As founder of NurseMetriX Dr. Koerner designed applications of corporate scientific and information technology for Web-based innovations in the nursing profession. Her international and voluntary work is focused on workforce development for underrepresented sectors of society. Healing Presence The Essence of .