Shirley Spear
Begley...
is Executive
Director of Integrated Health Care Systems, a professional
nursing practice, consultation and education organization in
St. Petersburg, FL. A Registered
Nurse for over 30 years, Shirley worked in intensive care
units at Case Western Reserve University Hospitals in
Cleveland, Ohio and has held positions as Director of
Nurses, and Director of Community Education in the field on
home health care. She holds
National Certifications in Holistic Nursing, Therapeutic
Touch, and Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork has advanced
certification in psychology, education and mind-body
awareness studies and is a certified clinical
hypnotherapist.
Shirley has received a full faculty appointment at the
University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa, FL
as an Instructor in the College of Nursing. She is a member
of the USF Center for Hospice, Palliative Care and End of
Life and the newly formed committee to develop a scholarly
concentration in Integrative Medicine and Healthcare and has
lectured in the Colleges of Nursing, Medicine, Social Work
and Public Health.
Shirley provides many
courses, lectures and conference presentations in the field
of complementary and integrative healthcare and holistic
nursing. Her Mentorship Program in Holistic Nursing and
Healthcare
is highly regarded for its preparation of nurses for the
national board certification examination in Holistic
Nursing. (HN-BC). This year-long program is also open to
laypersons and other healthcare professionals for its
expanded content.
Shirley lectures nationally and internationally to
healthcare professionals, and is a
member of Therapeutic Touch
International Associates, Inc.
(formerly Nurse-Healers
Professional Associates International), the
official organization of therapeutic touch.
She is an advanced Therapeutic
Touch (TT) teacher and mentor. She is also
a member of the
national TT Teacher's Cooperative and is the Southeastern
United States Educational Liaison to the organization. This
Cooperative is a system to recognize and refer qualified TT
teachers. She has practiced TT for over 25 years, and has
been closely mentored by Dolores Krieger, PhD, RN the
co-creator of TT and other well-known leaders in mind/body
awareness and the healing arts.
Dolores selected Shirley as the coordinator for the East
Coast National Therapeutic Touch Invitational Mentorship
Program held in NY State each year. Shirley was on the
Faculty of Seeds & Bridges Center for Holistic Nursing and
taught in their national Certificate Program in Holistic
Nursing.
Shirley provides annual
Healing Retreats in Taos, NM, Big Sur, CA,
Ohio and throughout Florida. She also work with the
Hospice of the Florida Suncoast in St Petersburg, FL.
As an artist and
published author, her years of extensive world
travel have provided her with an ability to
communicate with people of all ages and backgrounds.
A summa cum laude graduate, she is listed in
Who's Who in American Nursing and is a member of
several nursing organizations including the Society
of Rogerian Scholars.
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her wonderful photographs on this site.
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