Oh that ' s all fine , we all can probably agree that we need to take a more holistic approach . But we aren ' t allowed the time to do that and no company emphasizes that as important . When it comes down to prioritizing , I have to prioritize hanging an IV or changing a dressing or completing a care plan over talking with someone about lemon essential oil for nausea . And since medicine is science , no matter how inexact , we need to learn more of the sciencey stuff . Besides , if I need to help you out spiritually I ' ll refer you to a chaplain . Want to talk about your feelings ? Referral to psychtherapists . Worried about going home and how you ' re gonna get there ? Social work . There is just a greater need for science and anything else can really be referred . We don ' t get the time to do nonmedical stuff . Medicaide won ' t reimburse for holistic care like that . They keep loading more and more work on to us , so they should prepare us for that . Anything touchy feely is essentially frowned upon when someone is looking at how much work you can do in x amount of time for x $. I mean , if I were just allowed to talk to my little elderly resident who lost her husband and can ' t walk anymore after an illness maybe , 30 minutes a day . maybe I wouldn ' t have to be ordering her depression medications and updating depression care plans and having her see the MD so much or calling the pharmacist for med reviews . But you can also have someone else talk to her too . I think unless m edicareMedicaidinsurances want to take holistic approaches more seriously , we shouldn ' t either and we should focus more on the science behind nursing .