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Hypnotherapy in Nursing

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I wouldn't call it a "new field" -- I did a research paper on hypnotherapy, guided imagery and other non-pharmcological techniques for pain management back in nursing school 25 years ago, and it was a well-established modality with plenty of literature and practitioners then. It is a little unusual for the US and for nursing.

There's plenty of info, literature, and training out there if you look around. Like every other kind of "alternative" therapy, you have to be careful that you're dealing with legitimate individuals and programs. As an RN, be careful to check with your BON to clarify exactly where the boundaries of your scope of practice in your state fall, and what other credentials you might need to be "legit" and legal in doing what you want to do.

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Thank you, I am checking w/ the local folks r/t scope of practice. I learned guided imagery in school as well. I have also used other alt. treatments (homeopathic), with great success. It worked, so the docs were ok with it. Did you know HBO was considered Alternative medicine?

I was hoping some one out there was a practitioner, and could tell me how it worked for them.

Thanks for the insight.

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You may get more responses to this thread as time goes on, and you may want to browse the Holistic Nursing forum here and see if there are any existing threads on the subject:

https://allnurses.com/holistic-nursing-forum/

Welcome to allnurses, BTW! :)

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