Spirituality and nursing practice

Spirituality in nursing practice.

Nursing and spirituality.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the spiritual well-being of nurses; to appraise their opinions as to the importance of offering patients spiritual assistance, and to verify whether nurses received any specific type of preparation during their professional training for giving spiritual assistance to patients. METHODS This is an exploratory and descriptive study, carried out with a sample of 30 nurses w...

ISSUES IN CLINICAL NURSING Meaning of spirituality: implications for nursing practice

Correspondence: Wilfred McSherry Senior Lecturer in Acute Care of the Adult The University of Hull School of Nursing, Social Work and Applied Health Studies Milner Hall Room M208 Cottingham Road Hull HU6 7XR UK Telephone: þ44 1482 464607 E-mail: [email protected] McSHERRY W, CASH K & ROSS L (2004) Journal of Clinical Nursing 13, 934–941 Meaning of spirituality: implications for nursing prac...

Spirituality in medical practice.

Body, mind, and spirit are integrally connected. Medical training in the Western world has been strong concerning the more easily measured physical aspects, and on the mental needs it has been virtually mute on how to minister to the spiritual needs of our patients. Learning the spiritual aspects of medical care is not a typical part of the medical school curriculum, and yet it is emerging as s...

Religion, spirituality and therapeutic practice

Increasing attention has been paid to how therapists might respond respectfully and usefully to clients’ religious and spiritual beliefs and commitments. Although recommendations overlap with principles of good clinical practice, some specific themes have emerged in the literature. Three of these are briefly examined in this article: the assessment process; responding to problematic religious a...