Hi Jackie, Have you ever been caught in a moment with someone that went south (A.K.A. bad) and you couldn’t get out of it? Maybe it even took you by surprise that the other person became defensive or resistant to…

September 17, 2014    You may not know this about me, but I do get scared. And I’m an introvert, but also part rebel. So in my early years as a holistic nurse (the rebel), I was closeted (the I don’t…

 July 7, 2014 Have you ever thought about what it takes for your heart to run smoothly and evenly day after day? Fortunately, for the most part, we don’t have to as it pumps away about 80 times a minute….

August 26, 2014 As a nurse, I know our bodies talk to us. Of course they tell us when we’re hungry, or tired or hurt. But our bodies can tell us other things as well, like if a decision we’re…

Unitary Transformative Nursing: Using Metaphor and Imagery for Self-Reflection and Theory Informed Practice – Author Jackie Levin RN, MS * This paper emerges out of my experience as the program coordinator for an integrative care program at a large urban…

• Video: Reuters Interview with Jackie Levin: Hands-on Nursing:”Healing Touch” therapy is being used in U.S. hospitals to help patients recover more quickly.

Transformational Nurse Leadership-Cultivating Leaders Through Personal Encounters with Nature.  Author–Jackie Levin RN, MS In these transitional times, when the old health care order is falling away and a new one is emerging, transformational nurse leaders are needed to guide our…

MindBody Patient Care at New York University Medical Center* Jackie Levin, RN, MS, HNC-A, CHTPProgram Coordinator for the MindBody Patient Care Program at New York University Medical Center, New York City, NY. NYU is an 800 bed, acute care facility. Since 2004, NYUMC…

An interview: Deceptively Simple:The Art of Living in the Moment Alex Tatarinov-Levin met recently with the founders of NYU’s Mindfulness program, Jackie Levin, RN, MS, and Tara Piergrossi, a Masters candidate in Public Health at Hunter College. Jackie and Tara…

“My education in the Holistic Nursing track at CNR changed my life. The faculty was intellectually stimulating, emotionally supportive and spiritually attuned. Their instruction and guidance laid the groundwork for my personal and professional growth. Because of them I found…