... andcontributors of Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice, Fourth Edition, to develop fur-ther the knowledge base for holistic nursing and delineate the essence of contemporary nursing. The purposes of ... HumoristJest For the Health of It!Santa Cruz, CaliforniaChristine A. Wynd, RN, PhD, CNAAProfessor and Director of the PhD in Nurs-ing ProgramThe University of AkronCollege of Nursing Akron, ... transforming self, the holisticnurse is helping to transform systems.In summary, this fourth edition providesa framework for all of nursing s caring—healing practices; it offers a guide for...