Spirituality in nursing practice : the basics and beyond /

Spirituality in nursing practice : the basics and beyond /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Westera, Doreen, 1951- author.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, [2017]
Description:	1 online resource (pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Nursing -- Religious aspects. Spiritual care (Medical care) Holistic nursing. Holistic nursing. Nursing -- Religious aspects. Spiritual care (Medical care) Nursing Care -- psychology. Spirituality.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11676229

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ISBN:	9780826120632 0826120636 9780826120625 0826120628 9780826121394 082612139X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Print version record.
Summary:	Written as a practical resource to teach nurses and nursing students, this text explores how to best address spiritual assessment and care. Spirituality--the search for meaning in life and connection to others--remains relevant to all patient interactions, and is an essential component for nurses to integrate into their everyday practice. Using a multicultural and client-centered approach, chapters explore the concept of spirituality and its relationship with religion and health to directly place it into a nursing context. Reflection questions throughout the text encourage readers to analyze their own experiences with spirituality within both professional and personal contexts and affirm how a nurse's own spirituality can influence her or his practice. Practical exercises illustrate the importance of spirituality in nursing and provide tools and means to incorporate spirituality into clinical practice. Chapters use a flexible approach that can be adapted to a variety of contexts in nursing education and practice throughout the world, applicable to self-study, traditional courses, and online programs. The text contains a wealth of pedagogical features, including case studies, discussion questions, a comprehensive bibliography, and is accompanied by an extensive instructor's manual that provides additional direction for discussion and testing. Thirteen videos, developed by the author and available online, provide the perspectives of nursing and health care professionals, clients, and families to illustrate the main points of the text. -- Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Westera, Doreen, 1951- Spirituality in nursing practice. New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, [2017] 9780826120625

Table of Contents:

The concept of spirituality
Religion, spirituality, and health
Rationale and challenges for spirituality in nursing
Competencies for spiritual assessment and care
Spiritual assessment
Spiritual care
Spirituality in serious, life-threatening, and chronic illness
Spirituality in mental health care
Spirituality and the older adult
Spirituality in palliative care.