Basic concepts of holistic nursing include
a. Using your developed clinical expertise
b. Developing a close relationship with the patient's family members and significant others
c. Remembering the personal intuition and creativity of patients in your nursing plan
d. All of the above
D
The practice of holistic nursing includes following physicians' orders, using your clinical expertise, respecting and drawing on a person's knowledge of and intuition of his or her own body, and integrating significant others in the patient's life into their care.
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