http://www.rationalmoms.com/2009/03/30/%e2%80%9cfeng-shui-for-nurses%e2%80%9d/ Rational moms of the world unite! Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:30:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.rationalmoms.com/2009/03/30/%e2%80%9cfeng-shui-for-nurses%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 jessiemarion Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:54:02 +0000 http://www.rationalmoms.com/?p=606#comment-1040 The thing about Therapeutic Touch is that there is no actual touching involved. They hover their hands over a patients body and "manipulate their energy field". The thing about Therapeutic Touch is that there is no actual touching involved. They hover their hands over a patients body and “manipulate their energy field”.

]]> http://www.rationalmoms.com/2009/03/30/%e2%80%9cfeng-shui-for-nurses%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-1039 jodiemiller Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:26:33 +0000 http://www.rationalmoms.com/?p=606#comment-1039 There is plenty of evidence on the healing nature of touch (who cares how they attribute the benefits). We live in such a touch-starved world and nurses are perfectly positioned to provide a nurturing, patient-centred comfort many Americans would happily pay for out of pocket (and do - I wonder what the combined annual massage budget is for people in New York?). Evidence shows that premature babies and the frail-aged thrive with touch. Doctors have discovered that cancer patients heal faster, or simply find comfort, from touch. Touch reduces anxiety - who hasn't needed a hug, or placed a supportive hand on another's shoulder? The description to “direct human energies to help or heal someone who is ill” is vague enough as to not be misrepresenting itself. I support rational, informed decision-making but isn't opposition to touch in medicine taking it just a little too far? There is plenty of evidence on the healing nature of touch (who cares how they attribute the benefits). We live in such a touch-starved world and nurses are perfectly positioned to provide a nurturing, patient-centred comfort many Americans would happily pay for out of pocket (and do – I wonder what the combined annual massage budget is for people in New York?). Evidence shows that premature babies and the frail-aged thrive with touch. Doctors have discovered that cancer patients heal faster, or simply find comfort, from touch. Touch reduces anxiety – who hasn’t needed a hug, or placed a supportive hand on another’s shoulder? The description to “direct human energies to help or heal someone who is ill” is vague enough as to not be misrepresenting itself. I support rational, informed decision-making but isn’t opposition to touch in medicine taking it just a little too far?

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