phoenix33

Forget the Kirlian comment folks. I've just been enlightened about the method used to display the images, something about moisture and leaching on the glass. So I'd say that was a bad example of altered energy field. Hey, I can admit when I'm wrong and I DO believe I was wrong.

Anyone seen Kirlian Photography? How else do you explain the leaf that's been cut or the limb that's been amputated which shows a light where the missing part was? Hmmm... musta been mystical powers that influenced the camera......... Quote: Originally Posted by SFCardiacRN There is a nurse at the local county hospital that runs around using TT on under insured patients. She has an ego the size of the Auria Borealis and is the laughing stock of the hospital. Her practice is not helping nurses gain the respect we deserve. I reject mystical powers. I reject magical thinking. I tell you, your emperor has no clothes. You have traded your cow for a packet of magical beans and want the rest of us to support an invisible bean stalk. Anyone who has a large ego has certainly missed the boat. A practitioner is not a "healer" but helps the client facilitate their own healing process, like the doctor who sets the bone. It's the bone that does the healing. Quote: Originally Posted by SFCardiacRN This is exactly my point. If someone really wants to be a healer they should go to medical school and earn it. But it is so much easier to take a weekend course, claim magical powers an depend on placebo effect for positive anecdotal results. As a matter of FACT there are 27 medical schools in the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCM), including Harvard and Georgetown University. As for weekend courses, you certainly are not referring to Healing Touch or Therapeutic Touch programs. Healing Touch was created by Janet Mentgen, BSN, RN and is a strict program of several levels including a one year mentorship, documentation of 100 sessions which includes assessment, intervention, rationale for techniques used, client response and referrals if any. You also must complete a case study as well as personal journal, book reports, professional portfolio and document experiences of 10 different modalities. Ethics are addressed (just like nursing school) and it's a given that a prudent practitioner would never treat an individual presenting with a health problem without encouraging them to seek medical advice. You are also encouraged to develop a rapport with that client's physician if possible. Certification is even more indepth. Quote: Originally Posted by SFCardiacRN I am NOT the one with a closed mind. Then I suggest you do some more research and perhaps experience a session for yourself at a nursing convention or health fair. Like you, I thought it was "mystical, magical, voodoo" but figured I'd give it a try 7 years ago at a nursing convention. I left feeling more relaxed and with an enhanced sense of well being which made me go "hmmm". I then began reading book about chakras and different complimentary modalities and decided to enter the Healing Touch program. There are studies being done on the efficacy in various medical centers across the country and some Hospices utilize HT volunteers in their programs. I would never want to see anyone forced to practice something which they find repulsive but do ask that you respect my differences as I respect yours. Insisting that practitioners like myself give up our licenses is in appropriate. I am a RN, I love the ART of nursing and would never do such a thing, nor would I ask anyone against complimentary modalities to do so. Remember, allopathic medicine as we know it is fairly new in the grand scheme of things. I'm defiinitely not against it. In fact, I do take some medications, seek medical help when necessary and always have my yearly checkup. However, if there is something else that can help decrease the amount of medications required, help someone decrease their anxiety level or pain level, why not employ that as well?

I am a RN who is also a Reiki Master and Healing Touch Apprentice. The NANDA diagnosis "altered energy field" has been around for several years and I support it completely. I've seen results in wounds that wouldn't heal for months just by adding a HT technique with the client's permission. The idea of energy fields, auras, meridians or chakras is hardly a new concept. Of course, there are some who promote alternative therapy over allopathic medicine and I absolutely do not agree with that. Using a rose stem up the rectum to correct the flow of chi or whatever they were attempting to do is the type of practice that is dangerous (obviously) and gives other complimentary modalities a bad name. Free your mind and the rest will follow............

You know, I've been on both sides of GoLytely, as a RN and as a patient and my opinion is that there ain't nothin' "lyte" about it! :imbar