S2. Ep10. Holistic Nursing with Denise Joswiak, BSN, RN, HNB-BC, CCA
A most wonderful episode with Denise Joswiak! We sit down and discuss all things health and wellness , as well as her journey to holistic nursing and becoming a certified aromatherapist. With her beginnings on why she became a nurse by starting out as a nurse assistant, her journey through nursing school and eventual first job. Denise and I go deep into the nurse as educator, and eventual need to have self-care as an imperative for her patients and her self. Denise dives into Holistic Nursing as a certification recognized by the ANA, Self-care as a crucial step for ourselves and our patients, integrative health and medicine as a part of patient care and the nurse as entrepreneur. This was such a fun and exciting session to record!
Denise Joswiak is a board-certified holistic nurse and certified clinical aromatherapist. Throughout her nursing career, she studied holistic, integrative therapies and uses them daily. She created the aromatherapy program for the Allina Health System and published research on its effectiveness in the Journal of Nursing Administration and Complementary Therapies in Medicine. Denise enjoys teaching and empowering patients, families, nurses, and students. At Allina Health, Denise taught classes about self-care and integrative therapies, including Transformative Nurse Training, and sat on the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing Nursing Council. She served as the Integrative Health Clinical Site Lead for United Hospital and as co-facilitator of their Holistic Nursing Council. Denise is an author and international speaker, offering healthcare consultations, essential oil education, and an AHNA endorsed aromatherapy certification program through her company Essential Health. For the past four years, Denise served on the board of the Alliance of International Aromatherapists and continues to act as their global representative. She authored the aromatherapy chapter in the 2020 edition of Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice. Denise volunteers on the American Holistic Nursing Association panel on essential oils for pain relief. She is honored to be a part of the jury reviewing programs that apply for the Gattefossé Foundation 2021 international prize for a healthcare-based aromatherapy program. In addition to a passion for holistic health, Denise loves to travel, enjoys canoeing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and cherishes time with family and friends.
Links:
https://www.essentialhealthmn.com/
https://www.essentialhealthmn.com/courses/aromatherapy-certification-program
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joswiak-denise-essentialhealth/
https://www.facebook.com/EssentialHealthmn/
https://www.instagram.com/essential_health_mn/
https://www.gattefosse.com/foundation-special-content/prize-and-grants
Articles:
The effectiveness of nurse-delivered aromatherapy in an acute care setting
Development of a Health System-Based Nurse-Delivered Aromatherapy Program
Aromatherapy Chapter in Handbook:
Dossey & Keegan’s Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice: A Handbook for Practice 8th Edition
