Spirituality in Nursing

by O'Brien, Mary Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9780763746483
• ISBN10: 0763746487
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-01
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

The new edition of Spirituality in Nursing explores the relationship between spirituality and the practice of nursing from a variety of perspectives, including: nursing assessment of patients' spiritual needs, the nurse's role in the provision of spiritual care; the spiritual nature of the nurse-patient relationship; the spiritual history of the nursing profession; and contemporary interest in spirituality within the nursing profession. This updated Third Edition includes a new chapter on spiritual well being, quality of life at end of life, and stories from patients.

Table of Contents

Spirituality in nursing : standing on holy ground	p. 1
A spiritual history of nursing	p. 21
Nursing assessment of spiritual needs	p. 55
A middle-range theory of spiritual well-being in illness	p. 85
The nurse-patient relationship : a sacred covenant	p. 95
Spiritual care : the nurse's role	p. 129
Spiritual needs of the patient with an acute illness	p. 161
Spiritual needs of the chronically ill person	p. 189
Spiritual needs of children and families	p. 225
Spiritual needs of the older adult	p. 253
Spiritual well-being and quality of life at the end of life	p. 281
Spiritual needs in death and bereavement	p. 305
Parish nursing : caregiving within a faith community	p. 333
Spiritual needs in mass casualty disasters	p. 351
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