Healing Touch

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Healing Touch is the application of massage to clear, stimulate and align ones energy biofields by another person. The Healing Touch Module aims to give a deeper explanation of the therapy, its origin and goals in the medical arena. It also seeks to explain why the therapy is important for health practitioners, how the technique is believed to work among patients, exploration of previous research on the technique and fundamental processes of Healing Touch sessions. The journal article by Anderson and Taylor “Effects of Healing Touch in medical practice” is a systematic review of randomized clinical trials evaluation aiming to establish the efficacy of Healing Touch as a supportive care technique for all medical conditions (Anderson and Taylor, 2011).
The facts behind the application of Healing Touch is the idea that human beings are made of energy field whose alignment determines a person’s wellness. For people with poor energy field alignment, the disharmony can cause pathological physical and psychological problems. The module supports this idea by applying theories of ancient medicine to explain a modern medical fact. It uses feedback from patients undergoing the therapy to justify the application of Healing Touch in medical purpose. Combining the result of the systematic review, it is evident that Healing Touch lessons covered in the medical contribute positively to the objective (Anderson and Taylor, 2011). Many research on how energy fields work are found in theoretical physics journals, however, while the exact system of how the same apply in human beings have not been definitively described at the moment, the cumulated positive feedback and relational studies of biofields and consciousness indicate that something positive is happening and recipients show positive response to therapies such as Healing Touch (Opatrny, 2002). The module and article helps learners to appreciate this facts and explore into the application of Healing Touch as medical therapy to a wide range of problems
Healing Touch have been applied medical for many years without proper comprehension of the theories and principles behind it. Today’s nurses are partially trained on the use medical massage to relieve pain, however, the basics behind such methods are not clearly understood to them. The module and the research article hive deeper comprehension of how Healing Touch works. It improves from the biological perception of how Healing Touch improves body response to fatigue to the idea of quantum physics as related to body energy field (Anderson and Taylor, 2011). Since scientific study on biofield mechanisms and efficacy are limited, the module and improves the nurses knowing of the theories so that they can apply to older persons needing such treatments. As explained by Elizabeth Barrett’s theory of power, knowing participation is being aware of what one prefers to do, choosing to do it freely and doing it with intention. She defined power to be a way that people participate in defining potential towards wellbeing practices, power in this case is falls within the four dimensions of awareness, choices, freedom and participation in developing change (Barrett, 2009). By this theory, nurses must be equipped with knowledge and awareness of the potentials of Healing Touch, besides being aware of the benefits, it is important that they have the freedom to apply such techniques to older persons and apply it intentionally. Only then can they apply Healing Touch clinically to older people. The module and the article presents cases of patients of varied age groups receiving Healing Touch therapy, it gives evidence of response from the older ages as positive to the treatment. With such awareness and training, nurses are better placed to offer such services (Sullivan, 2001). The module and the article gives critical information on the different technique of applying Healing Touch, to different parts of the body and expected response.
It has been identified the population is currently aging at an earlier age compared to previous years. However, more people in their old ages prefers to stay at home doing regular fitness routines to stay healthy. Others have resorted to community care homes. Nevertheless, this group of need Healing Touch the most, their bodies are more fragile to strenuous activities making such therapeutic services to be one of the best options of staying healthy (Barrett, 2009). In the nursing professions, nurses must conduct themselves with inbuilt knowledge of what they believe is right for the situation, they offer care and compassion to develop a supportive and helping relationship with the patients (Opatrny, 2002). The acts are demonstration of aesthetic knowledge aligned with nursing. The profession of nursing exemplify the patterns of knowing as described by Barbara Carper. She observe that knowing is cognitive process that can occur in four patters; empirical, ethical, personal knowing and aesthetic. Empirical knowing is derived from detailed factual analysis, ethical knowledge comes from the nurse morals while personal knowing is arises from the nurse’s understanding of the patient. Aesthetic knowing is basically a reflection of how the nurse sees the patient and his needs. Studies have revealed variations in perception, understanding and expectations among the older people and between their caregivers on the impact of Healing Touch (Carper, 1978).
Older people see such clinical care in relational terms, they prefer to participate in their care as well as forming bonds with the caregiver. While receiving such care, older people also prefers retaining their autonomy over the services, routines and home environment. However, some of this this expectation are not incorporated in earlier models of therapeutic care. On the whole, little consideration was given by the nurses on what the old seen as important. Nurses were more concerned on the routines than the real impact of care to older people. Studies affirm that some old people report negative results with care while other gained positive relationships. There is therefore a call for nurses to apply aesthetic knowing when giving Healing Touch therapy to older people (Sullivan 2011). The basics of the module and article gives important information on the feedback of older people, this is particularly important for the improvement of the Healing Touch Models and experience in giving care. According to Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association, the gerontological nurses are expected to be responsive to patients’, identification of the problem, age based diagnosis and delivery of care services such as Healing Touch, which helps the patients recover from physiological illnesses (CGNA, 2010). In optimizing their care, they are required by standard to promote older people to optimal body functions through integrated abilities including physical, cognitive and psychological status.

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References
Anderson, J., & Taylor, A. (2011). Effects of Healing Touch in Clinical Practice: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials. Journal Of Holistic Nursing, 29(3), 221-228.
Barrett, E. (2009). Power as Knowing Participation in Change: What's New and What's Next. Nursing Science Quarterly, 23(1), 47-54.
Carper, B. (1978). Fundamental Patterns of Knowing in Nursing. Advances In Nursing Science, 1(1), 13-24.
Opatrny, L. (2002). The Healing Touch. Annals Of Internal Medicine, 137(12), 1003.
Sullivan, J. (2001). Hand therapy: The Healing Touch with a Touch of humor!. Journal Of Hand Therapy, 14(1), 3-9.