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Stopping the Drain, Reducing the Strain |
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A pioneering initiative to address the strain and drain contributing to
the worldwide nursing shortage has been approved by the American
Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) as a continuing education course for
certified for re-licensure credit.
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The QiGong Retreat Centre in China
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The cumulative strain of long shifts and heavy caseloads drains many nurses out of the profession, thereby giving a discouraging image to young people considering life careers.
The AHNA has endorsed this course as step one in a holistic healing Certification Program series to empower nurses and other health professionals with Chinese healing tools to study and teach. These courses provide hands-on training to restore personal healing energy and how to use the ancient healing wisdom rooted in traditional Chinese medicine.
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Dr. Yinong Chong
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Custom-designed for nurses and other health professionals, these courses are based upon a long-held dream by one of NIGH's International Advisors, Dr. Yinong Chong, to empower nurses with Chinese approaches to promoting health, including their own.
Dr. Chong is a health scientist with the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention is also of the Traditional Chinese Culture Institute International LLC based in Beijing and in Washington, DC. She is co-author of the guided-meditation CD “Touched by the Tao: Classical Chinese Meditation for Health and Healing” and an author of the book and DVD set “Dancing in the Tao: Connecting to Universal Energy to Transform Your Health and Life.”
The AHNA-approved course — Five Elements for Balance and Harmony: Foundations of Sustainable Holistic Healing (6 hours) is the first in a series of four courses that are being submitted to AHNA for re-licensure education accreditation.
Upon completion of the entire series, nurses will achieve a Certification to teach this approach to their colleagues. TCCII's corporate services also include educational programs for government, schools and community outreach.
Through partnership with institutes in China, TCCII also offers emersion programs through field study in China. Dr. Chong and TCCII co-director Shawn Cartwright are also leading, in April of 2010, a study tour, “Beyond the Clouds, A Healing Journey to China,” visiting traditional Chinese medical clinics, tea plantations and centuries’ old functioning temples. This tour is also incorporated into the nursing Certification series. Similar upcoming tours are also being planned.
For further information about TCCII's Certification Program for nurses, course schedule and Chinese field study, see: http://www.tccii.com.
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