Nursing Grand Rounds:Therapeutic Touch In The Coronary Care Unit
- 1 April 1996
- journal article
- complementary therapies
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
- Vol. 10 (3) , 50-54
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005082-199604000-00005
Abstract
Therapeutic touch is an energy-based nursing intervention performed with the goals of restoring harmony and balance in the human energy field and helping the patient self-heal. This article discusses the process of therapeutic touch and describes case studies of CCU patients on whom therapeutic touch was used as part of the treatment plan. Therapeutic touch was applied to help stabilize patients, calm agitated and intubated patients, and relieve pain. The experiences related had a calming effect on the practitioner and positive family responses.Keywords
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