The Holistic Nurse - Getting to the Root Cause of the Problem w/ Dr Gloria Warren

Getting to the Root Cause of the Problem with Dr. Gloria Warren WHAT A DIAGNOSIS DOES—AND DOESN’T—DO A diagnosis is not wrong. It is necessary. It provides: • A framework • A treatment pathway • A shared clinical language But a diagnosis is also a snapshot, not a story. It names a cluster of symptoms. It does not explain: • How the body arrived there • What systems are dysregulated • What stressors accumulated over time • What the body has adapted to As nurses, we’ve seen patients who: • Follow every recommendation • Take every medication • Attend every appointment And still say, “I’m doing everything right… why don’t I feel better?” That’s where holistic nursing asks a different question. Not What do you have? But What happened before this began?