Nursing Science Quarterly

Reiki is a non-invasive healing modality that has been appropriate for use by nurses. Reiki has been used as a stand-alone treatment method or as an adjunct to traditional treatments, and has been used for general health improvement as well as for specific ailments. The ability to do Reiki results from receiving an attunement. Both attunements and techniques are passed down through lineages, from master to student. The term Reiki has generally been used as a noun. As a noun, it has referred to the energy or frequencies of energy that have been used for healing. From the perspec-tive of the researcher’s training as a Reiki master/teacher, Reiki has been understood to be a specific kind of energy or frequencies of energy that have been abundant and universal, and as such, could be channeled through the practitioner to the client for the purpose of healing