Update/Comment

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS


Level 1. Seattle, WA. February 10 - 12, 2012. Instructor: Keela Marshall Contact Keela at 206-545-7387 or kwellness@earthlink.net

Level 2. Seattle Area. April 20 – 22, 2012. Instructor: Keela Marshall Contact Keela at 206-545-7387 or kwellness@earthlink.net

Level 3. Seattle area. February 4 – 5, 2012. Instructor: Cynthia Hutchison.
Contact Keela at 206-545-7387 or kwellness@earthlink.net



Mentoring, Accreditation: Another Point of View…………

The only Constant is Change

When I was looking for a schools of nursing to attend, one of the first questions I asked, “Is it accredited?” Many people asked the same question when they are exploring training or educational opportunities. HTP has an excellent solid program. The natural evolution and progression is to become accredited. Becoming accredited is a lot of work, effort and costly; but it brings respect and trust. With the successful spread of HT across the planet we need to follow the natural progression of having accreditation. Do I like more paper work? No! Do I understand and support the need for these processes? YES! In the last few classes I have taught or been in, some nurses have expressed their appreciation of the ANCC accreditation. When we get the next national accreditation, our work will be supported by more administrators; bring more respect to our work and our Healing Touch Program. It is a lot of work and costs for HTP, but it will benefit each of us as well as the program, the health care system and most of all the clients/patients.

Standardizing the mentoring process came about from an OBSERVED need. Some students were coming to Level 5 very well prepared and others had inadequate mentoring, leaving them unprepared for Level 5. This slowed their progress down costing them time and money. This was unacceptable. Janna Moll spent 3 years developing an excellent mentorship course to bring training and assistance to the mentors, to new mentors and standardized the process so that all the students were adequately mentored and prepared. The Qualified Mentor course is well thought-out, has a lot of depth, good handouts and forms to assist the mentors. All Qualified Mentors can set their own fees; there is a suggested amount, but one can set their own fee, have a sliding scale or what will work for the student and mentor. People chose to mentor, but it does take time and people’s time is valuable as is their experience. Other professions and occupations charge for mentoring, supervision, internship or whatever it may be called. In many professions there are supervisory groups where a practitioner can bring a challenging situation or one they would like advice with from more experienced providers. The fees for these groups often start at $75 per hour up. Janet Mentgen understood the value of mentoring and set the process.

The pilot test is to help standardize the final test itself. This is common in most testing situations; developing a fair test is a lot of work; many HTCP’s, HT elders and HTCI’s have been working on this for over a year. The pilot test will have questions which will be discarded; that’s why it is called a pilot test; that is the purpose of the pilot test, to weed out unfair or poorly stated questions. This will be the first standard test in energy medicine. I have been asked a number of times to write or review questions for nursing tests/broads, as is done in many professions and occupations. This is an entry level test. It is not designed to make anyone fail. Yes, some may have to take it over, but lots of people take tests over, many attorneys take their broads 2-3 times before passing. Set your intention to pass the exam and do the suggested studying prior to taking the test. HTP has provided a Study Guide.

Our Community Colleges have a process where you have to present valid identification before they will proctor you. There is a $25 fee, but this saves you having to travel to a site to take the test. It is much more convenient to take a test in your own community. In other professions, people have to travel to test sites, costing airfare, lodging, food and often the test is more than one day.

The Healing Touch Program is not the same as some of our unethical financial/banking corporations; there are ethical banking/financial corporations. HTP wants you to succeed and have our beautiful work accepted and available to more people. This is about having our work, this solid excellent program respected, getting Healing Touch into main steam
Health care with respect & integrity, considering the well being of the public and people getting paid for their work, time and education properly.

Respectfully with love,

Keela Marshall, RN, CNP, HTCP, HTCI