CERTIFICATE and DIPLOMA IN HOLISTIC HEALTHCARE PART-TIME: CERTIFICATE: 34-weeks including three on-site 8-day seminars at Taruna (pre-requisite to Diploma programme) DIPLOMA: over 2 years with four on-site 10-day seminars at Taruna INTRODUCTION The anthroposophic approach to health and illness was given by Rudolf Steiner PhD. when Dr Ita Wegman asked him how contemporary medical science could take up the questions of that time. In 1922, young doctors, nurses and therapists were looking for a spiritual perspective to their work. The collaborative work that began with this question made use of new insights into the kingdoms of nature for the preparation of medicines. It brought knowledge of the dynamic human constitution in the balance between health and illness. Many practical suggestions were given for applying external remedies in the form of massage, bath therapy and nursing practices. The curative use of the Arts was developed in health. This resulted in an emergence of a variety of artistic therapies including eurythmy, music, speech and the visual arts. Everything that Rudolf Steiner, together with Dr Ita Wegman, developed on the basis of Spiritual Science, relates to the healing forces in the human being, activating spiritual creativity and leading the soul back to her cosmic union with nature. This union happens through the new way of preparing the medicines and through working with the Arts where both are applied as a continuation of the natural processes. Taruna offers a range of educational programmes from professional development to encouraging home nursing care. These programmes are in response to a request for a multi-disciplinary health programme for clinically active health practitioners. A question confronting health practice today is how to meet the human being in a holistic way appropriate for the times. Anthroposophy offers a dynamic orientation whereby health practitioners in any clinical setting can meet cultural and spiritual diversity through a new understanding. Anthroposophy is a path of knowledge that seeks to lead the spiritual in the human being to the spiritual in the universe. TARUNA ~ 1 ~ 2016 Holistic Health Prospectus
Your Career Pathway Clinically active in therapeutic modalities Certificate in Holistic Healthcare (one year part-time) (for registered nurses only) Diploma in Holistic Healthcare (Anthroposophic Nursing Aotearoa) (two years part-time) Employment Employment Anthroposophic nursing knowledge and expertise enhances clinical work when integrated into current nursing practice. Throughout New Zealand and Australia there is a demand for complementary health care and therapeutic work. There are opportunities for registered nurses to gain employment as anthroposophic nurses. TARUNA ~ 2 ~ 2016 Holistic Health Prospectus
OVERVIEW OF PROGRAMME These programmes are unique as the only formal English-speaking anthroposophic nurses course in the world. The human being in health and illness is responsive to therapeutic care. In this programme insights from an understanding of the natural world inform a range of clinical treatments. Spiritual scientific research renews a working with the wisdom of traditional health practices and creates bridges to the wide range of complementary and alternative modalities. Anthroposophic nursing offers a new dimension by extending the art and science of nursing. The human being is seen as having a physical body that is permeated with living forces, an emotional and psychological expression and also a unique spiritual identity that reveals the individual biography. The nurse honours the freedom of every person, acknowledging that the healing process ultimately rests within that individual. Develop the capacity to work as a member of a therapeutic team within the anthroposophic model; Plan, implement and assess anthroposophic nursing care through demonstrated expertise in the provision of external therapies; Apply knowledge of healing plants and substances in nursing practice; Pursue further research into anthroposophic nursing; Demonstrate therapeutic reflective practice; Participate in a preceptor programme towards registration as an anthroposophic nurse with ANANZ. The programmes are delivered at the Homestead campus of Taruna in Havelock North, Hawkes Bay. The anthroposophic nurse works out of her scope of nursing practice as a therapeutic advocate assisting in the restoration of wholeness, balance and health. The education programme for the anthroposophic nurse is personally challenging and confronting, awakening intuitive skills and enthusiasm that gives the individual the capacity to find a true relationship to the vocation of nursing. Based on a century of development in Europe, anthroposophic nursing is blossoming in New Zealand as nurses seek a fuller renewed way of meeting their nursing work. This encompassing experience supports our heartfelt nursing practice. At the completion of this training pathway the student will be able to: Extend registered practice with anthroposophic nursing maintaining currency and expertise in competencies; Assess and interpret health and pathology in relation to an anthroposophic model of the human being; Map showing placement of Taruna campuses The Certificate programme is NZQA-accredited at Level 4 (although written and delivered at Level 5-6 standard) and domiciled New Zealand residents may apply for Student Loans. The Diploma in Holistic Healthcare has been written and delivered to NZQA Level 7 standard. Taruna is unable to gain NZQA accreditation for this programme due to current legal restrictions related to nursing education providers. Taruna continues to work toward possible pathways towards gaining accreditation for the Diploma in the future. Participants are unable to receive Student Loans, but may be able to receive sponsorship. Please enquire with the Programme Director. TARUNA ~ 3 ~ 2016 Holistic Health Prospectus
PROGRAMME OUTLINE The Diploma in Holistic Healthcare is a three year programme which includes as its first year the Certificate in Holistic Healthcare. The first year is open to qualified health professionals who meet the entry criteria and Years Two and Three are restricted to registered nurses. Stage 1: Certificate in Holistic Healthcare (40 credits, Level 4). This programme is delivered around three seven day seminars a year, complemented by independent study undertaken at home. At the end of the programme as a graduate you will: Have learnt a range of new external treatments that can be incorporated into your clinical work; Have a deepened relationship to healing plants and their qualities; Be better able to help patients explore the meaning of their illness; PROGRAMME STRUCTURE Overview of the themes covered over the three years of the programmes: Anthroposophic Perspective - Health and Illness Illness as destiny and karma Thresholds of birth and death Fundamental physiology The four bodies of the human being The 4 elements/temperaments Pathology of the four fold The three fold processes of the human beings Soul activity thinking/feeling/willing Pathology of the three fold in polarity The 7 life processes Soul types Organs as archetypes Pathology of organs Be better able to support patients in being responsible for their wellness; The 12 senses Embryology and human development Have evolved a contemporary understanding of the human being that integrates a spiritual dimension; Be able to bring theory and skills that enables more effective meeting patients holistic health needs (physical, soul, spiritual). Evolution of consciousness Seven year phases 0 21 years physical development 21 42 years soul development 42 old age spiritual development Stage 2: (Years 2 and 3) Diploma in Holistic Healthcare (40 credits per year, Level 7) Each year is based on a mixture of on-campus seminars (total 21 days per year) and self-directed home-based study. As a guide to the number of hours in studying, there are a notional 10 hours allocated to each credit, with 40 credits totalling 400 hours of study per year. Depending on your prior knowledge, skills and learning style, this may vary. The total hours include the time spent on-campus at seminars, so the suggested home-based study hours to meet the theory and clinical-based requirements associated with the programme are about 7 hours per week. Anthroposophic Nursing Context Life journey past, present and the future Awakening to Self Healing streams Approaches to health and illness Healing through rhythm The inner path and the Nurses Meditation Encounter / conscious meeting The gesture and quality of the therapeutic relationship Nursing archetype Self as therapeutic tool TARUNA ~ 4 ~ 2016 Holistic Health Prospectus
All tuition blocks at Taruna include daily artistic activities such as singing, painting, speech, eurythmy/movement and active self-reflective processes. Record of Studies Anthroposophic Nursing Practice Healing Substances: Medicinal plant families Qualities of healing plants Oil formation processes Pharmaceutical warmth processes Metals/minerals Mistletoe therapy Nutrition Clinical Practice: Phenomenological observation towards reflective practice Nursing support and intervention through the lifespan Creating therapeutic space Establishing therapeutic community Practice management across health settings Planning and implementation Multi-disciplinary collaboration Advocacy and education Clinical Treatments: Substance compresses, inhalations, footbaths Rhythmical body oiling Hydrotherapy Organ massage and pentagram therapy At the end of each programme you will be issued with an Academic Record listing the seminars and your personal performance. The Programme Director will keep attendance records and along with the Faculty Carrying Group will give verbal feedback and make written reports. You are also expected to give evaluative feedback at the end of each seminar, as well as at the end of each programme. Credits for the Academic Record require 100% attendance at seminars, active personal participation and satisfactory completion of assignments. At the successful completion of the first Certificate year and its requirements you will be issued with the Certificate in Holistic Healthcare. This Certificate is registered with NZQA as a unique local course ; credits are not unit standards and will not appear on the NQF Record of learning. At the successful completion of the second and third years Diploma programme and its requirements you will be issued with the Diploma in Holistic Healthcare. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS For entry into the Certificate in Holistic Healthcare, you should be a qualified health professional in current clinical practice. NB: Admission to the programme is at the discretion of the Faculty Carrying Group. Applicants for the Diploma in Holistic Healthcare have to be New Zealand registered nurses, or an international equivalent. See the Nursing Council website: www.nursingcouncil.org.nz All applicants to Taruna College are required to provide a biographical outline, two appropriately qualified confidential references and to make declarations regarding their health and any criminal convictions. All those applicants for whom English is not a first language must provide an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) results card and have achieved an overall band score of not less than 6.0. Where IELTS is not available, an equivalent test of English must be provided. For further clarification of this pleasecontact Taruna. Applicants who meet the entry criteria will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis. Applicants are also encouraged to develop familiarity in the underlying principles of anthroposophy. Workshops and study groups are held in most main centres in New Zealand. TARUNA ~ 5 ~ 2016 Holistic Health Prospectus
HOW TO ENROL Dates yet to be confirmed. APPLY by filling in and sending an Application Form with biography, CV and photo ACCEPTED Costs of Study 2016 Taruna receives funding for the first year (Certificate), which enables student fees to be subsidised. There is no funding for Years Two and Three (Diploma), and as such the annual fee ishigher. Certificate in Holistic Healthcare New Zealand citizens and residents: $2,201 NZD (inc GST) (including Australian citizens who are resident in New Zealand for the full duration of the programme) Programme Dates 2016 Start Date: Seminar 1: Seminar 2: Seminar 3: End Date: ACCEPTANCE PACK Contract with Invoice of Fees, Programme Handbook and Academic Guide received FEES MUST BE PAID 2 WEEKS BEFORE FIRST SEMINAR BEGINS WELCOME PACK Seminar Handbook with Timetable, Readings and Glossary received with Welcome Letter 18 March 1 8 April 29 July 5 August 7 14 October 11 November Attendance at these seminars is compulsory and there is an expectation of study in between the seminars of approximately 10 hours per week. International students: $4,663 NZD (inc GST) Diploma in Holistic Healthcare All students: $2,704 NZD (inc GST) per year for each of the two years. These fees include a $50 enrolment and administration charge and a refundable library bond of $50 and also cover course readings and handouts, study texts (through the programme s library) and therapy and art/craft supplies used on-site during the seminars. We ask all participants to make a koha donation of $5 per day for which Taruna will provide morning and afternoon tea while studying on site. Programme participants are responsible for travel and accommodation costs involved in attending the seminars. Recognition of Prior Learning Recognition of prior learning is a process of awarding credit points for current knowledge and skills gained through formal or informal training and education, work experience or life experiences. An applicant may be awarded credit where it can be satisfactorily demonstrated that the prior learning matches the learning for a module, block or unit. Please refer to the Student Guide for further information and details. The next intake for the Diploma in Holistic Healthcare is scheduled for November 2016. TARUNA ~ 6 ~ 2016 Holistic Health Prospectus
Financial Assistance As the Certificate programme only is approved by NZQA, student loans and allowances are available to New Zealand citizens and residents through application to StudyLink, either online www.studylink.govt.nz or by telephone 0800 88 99 00. Please apply early to help avoid payment delays! Crystal Bridge may also be approached for loans; contact ketrimvin@xtra.co.nz Student Support The Faculty Carrying Group will provide learning support. During the off-campus components of the programme the Programme Director co-ordinates support to students. Taruna is a signatory to the Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of International Students. Please read the Taruna Handbook for more information about support for domestic and international students. FACULTY The Faculty consists of a Faculty Carrying Group and a variety of specialist consultant tutors, many of whom are national leaders in their field of expertise, provide support and knowledge during the seminars. The Faculty Carrying Group are Anthroposophic Nurse Specialist and are members of the International Forum of Anthroposophic Nurses. Michelle Vette: Programme Director RN Cert Anthroposophic Nursing, Cert CBE, PG Dip Health Science, Masters Candidate Michelle is the coordinator for Taruna s Health Faculty. The opportunity to bring the anthroposophic health perspective alongside current pictures is also part of Michelle s work life in an anthroposophic nurse-led clinic at Weleda. Supporting families and child and women s health has been a strong focus. Michelle enjoys working in adult education especially responding to the questions about ourselves and our relationship to ourselves, each other and health. Kristina Friedlander: RN, Cert Anthroposophic Nursing Kristina works as an anthroposophic nurse therapist at Hohepa Home School for children with disabilities and in independent nursing practice. She has worked in anthroposophic medical settings both in New Zealand and overseas both in hospitals and the community. Kristina is an experienced adult educator in bringing a revitalised picture of health to both professionals and caregivers. She is also a faculty carrying group member of the Art of Health programme and is passionate about art, music and travel as well as the mysteries of the plant world. Jocelyn Freeman: RN, Cert Child & Adolescent Health, Cert Anthroposophic Nursing Jocelyn has 30 years of experience in nursing working in primary health care, and as a school nurse for Taikura Steiner School. She was the cofounder of the first anthroposophic nursing programme in NZ, and founded and led Taruna s Art of Health programme. Jocelyn is currently a Practice Nurse with Palliative Care special interest, anthroposophic nurse therapist and biography consultant. Deborah Bednarek: RN, Cert Anthroposophic Nursing, PG Dip Health Science, Master of Nursing Candidate Deborah works in a primary health setting providing a holistic nursing service that integrates anthroposophic nursing care and therapies. She has been a coordinator of two anthroposophic therapeutic residential retreats in Hawkes Bay and is currently undertaking research for her Master of Nursing degree. Particular interests are anthroposophic nursing in New Zealand and its relationship to international colleagues and how to successfully collaborate with all healthcare colleagues to understand and deliver real holistic care in the contemporary context. She is currently coordinator of the Anthroposophic Nurses Association in New Zealand (ANANZ). TARUNA ~ 7 ~ 2016 Holistic Health Prospectus
day and the quality of teaching is really excellent. It s a totally new way to learn Alice says, so nourishing and enriching. TESTIMONIALS Alice Peters 2006 Certificate in Art of Health Graduate, 2008 Graduate Diploma in Anthroposophic Nursing (renamed Diploma in Holistic Healthcare) Alice Peters was in hot pursuit of the Graduate Diploma in Anthroposophic Nursing so much so that even before it was being formally offered by Taruna, Alice travelled to New Zealand to attend a nursing conference, visited Taruna, sat in on another course (The Art of Health), ended up doing that course and has never looked back! Alice whole-heartedly embraces the Diploma course calling it educational and spiritual nourishment though that doesn t mean all has been smooth sailing. The art was at first challenging for Alice I don t think of myself as artistic so it was hard. Now, three years on, Alice says she has freed up and understands the role of art more. In an integrated approach to learning, the study of different therapeutic herbs includes getting to know the plant through drawing. I do really love drawing the plants - it s like a little meditation. Alice is a practicing mid-wife in the public health sector in Sydney. There were six of us from Australia on this course. As the only student from Sydney, for Alice, doing the Diploma keeps her in regular contact with a rich professional network. It has changed the way I view things and think. For example, this has changed the type of specific guidance Alice gives parents with regard to caring for their babies. In recommending the course Alice says that there are many ways to apply what she has learned at work and at home. It s even good to apply in your own family and social circle. Studying at Taruna has helped Alice get over her dislike of formal education. I love the rhythm of the Ceridwyn (Wynnie) Freeman Is a fourth year nurse in the emergency department at Alfred Hospital, Melbourne s major trauma centre. Although she now lives in Melbourne Wynnie still calls Hawkes Bay home and the Certificate in Holistic Healthcare that she has been doing in 2010 provided some good chances to catch up with family and friends when she came back for the seminars. Wynnie is doing the certificate out of self-interest and says what she has learned not only integrates into any sphere of nursing but on a personal level as well. Emergency departments are crazy. No-one wants to be there. You can make that smooth or rough so you re really quite fortunate I think to be able to work in that capacity. It s a bit of an honour. As well as enjoying the pace and variety, Wynnie finds emergency medicine quite problem solving. I think there s a real opportunity in emergency medicine to be thinking clinically and not just task orientated. It s more to do with having that critical analysis thinking involved and building rapport with patients quickly. She describes the course content as life learning. It s life skills to understand the world around you and the people in it more holistically. It gives you a framework to hang the pictures of what you re seeing onto. Wynnie has enjoyed discovering how to better understand people and herself including how to better utilize her skills or whole self as opposed to a physical self. She describes herself as feeling quite alone in parts of her journey, but then it makes you really double check that it is something that you want to be doing because you re not just doing it because other people are doing it. When asked to reflect at the end of the final seminar Wynnie thoughtfully commented that it s really effortless and so warm. And kind of a bit of a relief to come into this group of people we now know quite well after three seminars. To come here and have the tutors, all incredible women, carrying this impulse and just to spend a whole week accepting and knowing that spirituality is in fact part of our life and then let s work with it. How wonderful and supportive it was to step into this group and go yeah that s right I m not alone. TARUNA ~ 8 ~ 2016 Holistic Health Prospectus
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