The Integrative Health and Wellness Assessment (IHWA)* was used to assess eight concepts of self-care as proposed by integrative nurse coach experts Barbara Dossey, Susan Luck and Bonney Gulino Schaub. The IHWA assesses ten concepts of self-care (Life Balance and Satisfaction, Relationships, Spiritual, Mental, Emotional, Physical (Nutrition, Exercise, Weight), Environment, Health Responsibility). Over the last 23 years, it has been refined based on respondent feedback and associated theoretical evolution proposed by Dr. Dossey.
The survey assesses both current and desired state of self-care. Each of the eight concepts ends with asking the respondent to list three things they can do for self-care that relates to the concept of self-care on that page of the survey. This session will review staff variance of current to desired state and identify the most commonly reported self-care strategies of the 400 nurses from this study.
* Source: © 2011. Dossey, B. M., Luck, S., & Schaub, B. G. Nurse Coaching for Health and Wellness. (Huntington, NY: International Nurse Coach Association. (www.integrativenursecoach.com). In Dossey, B. M., and Keegan, L. (2012) Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice (6th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. The format is designed for survey software of Healthcare Environment (www.hcenvironment.com).
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