C351 Paper REVISED (3).docx Professional Presence and Influence Professional Presence

C351 Paper REVISED (3).docx    Professional Presence and Influence  Professional Presence and Influence    Introduction   Health and wellness are affected by varying models of medicine and cultures, each offering varying degrees of success. Modern medicine has recently begun to incorporate an increasingly holistic approach to health and wellness by integrating alternative therapies into care and relying on a more integrative approach recognizing the value of offering treatments aimed at not only the physical aspects of life, but also the emotional, mental, and spiritual elements that influence the soul. Well-balanced nurses with insightful self-awareness can influence nursing practice through professional presence. Healthcare facilities can incorporate optimal healing environments in healthcare delivery by providing pathways for both staff and patients to develop personal aspects of the whole person and to maintain a healthy balance of all the elements influencing physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health and wellness.   Models of Health and Healing  The Eastern and Western models of health and healing vary significantly and consequently have led to vastly different delivery methods and practices of promoting health and wellness. The Western model has historically centered on physical states in which health can be determined with objective and concrete evidence of health, such as lab tests, physical tests, imaging, vital signs, etc.  Hence, Western medicine approaches illness and disease states