Research on the innovation of nursing ward mode integrating Chinese medicine characteristics and humanistic care
Abstract
As the concept of ‘patient-centered’ nursing continues to deepen, exploring a new model of nursing ward management that suits Chinese characteristics has become a key issue in modern nursing reform. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) nursing, an essential part of traditional Chinese medicine, offers significant advantages such as holistic thinking, syndrome differentiation-based care, and emotional support. By effectively integrating the humanistic care philosophy centered on respecting life and individual feelings, it can help create a more humane, efficient, and culturally rich ward nursing model. This article reviews literature, conducts field observations, and studies case studies to outline the pathways for embedding humanistic elements in current TCM nursing practices, explores the feasible implementation mechanisms of these elements in nursing wards, and proposes a new four-pronged ward nursing model: creating a TCM cultural atmosphere, optimizing the humanistic nursing process, enhancing communication among medical staff and patients, and providing intelligent support.
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