The ideal intervention paper exercise, from the perspective of the pastoral formation of the student, can be an experience that helps to complete the student’s formation of her or his pastoral identity in a CPE Unit. The development of the paper brings into play the student’s ability to make effective use of her or his religious and spiritual heritage, theological understanding, knowledge of be...

Empirical findings have identified spirituality as a potential health resource. Whereas older research has associated such effects with the social component of religion, newer conceptualizations propose that spiritual experiences and the intrapersonal effects that are facilitated by regular spiritual practice might be pivotal to understanding potential salutogenesis. Ongoing studies suggest tha...

Ruth Melissa A.B.___________________ (writer) (Last Name) (First) (Initial) Mental Health Clients’ Preferences for Spiritually Oriented Treatment_______________ (Title) Guidance and Counseling, Mental Health Dr. Tom Franklin October, 2000 63 pages (Graduate Major) (Research Advisor) (Mo./Yr) (Pages) Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 4 Edition___________ (Name of Styl...

Prisons are a unique context where nurses are required to have specific skills to ensure that prisoners receive the same type of holistic care as anyone else out of prison, including spiritual care. This discussion paper focuses on understanding how nurses deliver spiritual care in Italian prisons where there are often limited resources and where organizational priorities hinder the provision o...

The secular practice of meditation is associated with a range of physiological and cognitive effects, including lower blood pressure, lower cortisol, cortical thickening, and activation of areas of the brain associated with attention and emotion regulation. However, in the context of spiritual practice, these benefits are secondary gains, as the primary aim is spiritual transformation. Despite ...

a bstract background: spiritual care should be considered an important part of holistic and multidisciplinary care and it has not been given much importance so far. we should begin with student nurses, who will soon be clinicians, to fi nd out about potentiality of the nursing profession to put spiritual care into practice. little has been known about spiritual well-being, spirituality, and spi...

After Christians, Muslims represent the largest religious grouping in the UK. According to census statistics, there are approximately 1.6 million Muslims in the UK, approximately 54% of who were born outside of the UK. There has been emerging interest in the use of traditional healers by South Asians in the UK. Early studies by Aslam3 and Healey & Aslam4 focused upon health seeking behaviour am...

Background Spiritual leadership and spirituality in organizations have the capacity to develop individual and organizational outcomes. This concept, as a newly established paradigm, has many ambiguities and definitions highly affected by cultural contexts. Objective This study aimed at determining the concept of spiritual leadership from nurses' perspective and recognizing aspects of spiritua...