About The Division. The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, created in 1957 by the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, works to uphold the civil and constitutional rights of all Americans, particularly some of the most vulnerable members of our society.
The American Holistic Nurses Association defines holistic nursing as âall nursing practice that has healing the whole person as its goal.â This ideal of caring for the entire person, not just their physical body, is one that dates back to Florence Nightingale herself.
Boyle and Andrews (1989) suggested that there is a need for nurses to be first aware of their own culture, so as to be able to address the needs of other cultures. The more they are aware of their culture, the more they are able to recognise their own biases and so can help care for others in a culturally sensitive way.