24 | P a g e practice:A qualitative study Article 6 Carla Mariano An Overview of Holistic Nursing 2003 The study show that the challenges that nurses face might be the skills needed to practice Article 7 Louise Byrne, Brenda Happell and AnthonyWelch Reflecting on Holistic Nursing: The Contribution of an Academic With lived Experience of Mental Health Service Use 2013 The author found three main themes stated below as (1) Recovery—Bringing Holistic Nursing to Life; (2) Influencing Practice; and (3) Gaining Self-Awareness through Course Assessment: Challenge and Opportunity Article 8 Odette N. Gould, Dusty Johnstone & Louise Wasylkiw Nurse practitioners in Canada: Beginnings, benefits, and barriers 2006 The author identify 6 subtopic (a) approach to care, (b) client issues, (c) NP as profession, (d) acceptance, (e) relationship with other professions, and (f) system issues Article 9 Sonja McIlfatrick and Felicity Hasson Evaluating an holistic assessment tool for palliative care practice 2013 The articles stated that meeting and understanding patient need is a challenging task. Also acknowledge that holistic assessment is complex. Article 10 Kevan Coffey & Allison Shorten The challenge of preconception counseling: Using reproductive life planning in primary care 2012 According to the author meeting patient need, education and advice is a big task ahead of nurses. Patient expectations towards the care they might receive depends on some factors. Article 11 Mari Cahmen Portollo and Sara cowley Working the way up in neurological rehabilitation:The holistic approach to to nursing care 2011 To provide understanding of the nurse’s role in Neurological holistic rehabilitation. The lack of time, knowledge, experience and the poor definition of nursing role and ineffective communication limited holistic care. 25 | P a g e Article 12 NS550Priest H(2010) Effective psychological care for physically ill patients in hospital. 2011 Highlights the importance of nurse’s knowledge interpersonal skills and sensitivity to deal with patients experiences. Article 13 Eva Lena Stranberg, Ingvar ovhed, Las Borgquist and Susan Whilhelmson. The perceived meaning of a (w) holistic view among general practitioners and district nurses in Swedish primarycare: A qualitative study) 2007 Aim of the article is to explore the perceived meaning of a holistic view among general practitioners and nurses. Article 14 C Johns How holistic are we (The role of narrative, storytelling and reflection in the development of holistic practice 2012 Nurses view on the importance of reflection whereby the practitioner can look back and reflect on their encounters with patients and how it can be improved. Article 15 Cathie O’Mahoney Widening the dimensions of care 2005 The article highlights the Importance of communication and holistic care in improving the wellbeing of trauma patients. Article 16 Selimen D, Andsoy The importance of holistic approach during the Preoperative period 2011 The article emphasis that the goal of holistic nursing is to help patients integrate Self-care in their lives. Articles 17 Mozaffari N, Peyrovi H, Nayeri ND The social wellbeing of nurses shows a thirst for holistic support:a qualitative study 2015 The article shows that nurses need support in order to rebuild their social wellbeing. This improves job satisfaction, commitment, hope, motivation and confidence. Articles 18 F.Kieran Mclaughlin Familycenteredcare during resuscitation events. 2014 The article focuses on the nurse's view on holistic family centered care during and after resuscitation Articles 19 Derik T Wade Holistic Health Care. What is it and how we can achieve it. 2009 The article focuses on the different dimensions of viewing holistic care, highlights the current understanding of illness which is 26 | P a g e a disorder within the body causing bodily symptoms that lead on to disability and restriction to a normal life. Articles 20 Daniel P.Sulmasy BiopsychosocialS piritual Model for the Care of Patients at the End of Life, 2002 The article expands on the Biopsychosocial model to include the spiritual aspect of patients. Articles 21 Vahid Zamanzadeh Effective Factors in Providing Holistic Care: A Qualitative Study 2015 Examines the effective factors in nurses’ provision of holistic care to help enhance it. The structure of education systems, professional environment and personal traits can help enhance holistic nursing. 5.3 Sub-themes and Theme Table 4 below shows the major and minor common categories among the above mentioned 10 articles and how these categories can be gathered to make a theme. Table 4. Theme, categories and sub-categories formation Units of analysis Definition Sub-theme Themes 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 Good communication the nurses are able to analyze patients, and family member’s knowledge, feelings, thoughts and problems. This helps to understand the patient and family members and evaluate the quality of healthcare. Communication Nurses view on holistic nursing 27 | P a g e 17 Social wellbeing is a reflection of experience in a social environment indicating how social challenges are determined. Social wellbeing 11, 13, 16, 20, 21 A professional attitude involves recognizing a person as a whole and not fragments of a person with a disease. Attitude & Knowledge 3, 7, 10 Many factors also affect meeting patient’s need which varies from age group, sex, social class and