Spirituality in nursing : standing on holy ground

Summary: Spirituality in Nursing: Standing On Holy Ground, Sixth Edition explores the relationship between spirituality and the practice of nursing. The text focuses on relevant topics in contemporary nursing such as the spiritual history of nursing, assessment of patient's spiritual needs, the nurse's role in spiritual care as well as the the nurse patient relationship and spiritual needs. The Sixth Edition also features three author developed theoretical models for nursing practice and an instrument to measure spiritual well-being, the "Spiritual Assessment Scale." -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781284121001
ISBN: 1284121003
Physical Description: print
xvi, 427 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: Sixth edition.
Publisher: Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Spirituality in nursing: standing on holy ground -- A spiritual history of nursing -- Nursing assessment of spiritual needs -- A middle-range theory of spiritual well-being in illness -- The nurse-patient relationship : a caring ministry -- Spiritual care : the nurse's role -- Spiritual needs of the patient with an acute illness -- Spiritual needs of the chronically ill person -- Spiritual needs of children and families -- Spiritual needs of the older adult -- Spiritual well-being and quality of life at the end of life -- Spiritual needs in death and bereavement -- Parish/faith community nursing : caregiving within the church community -- Spiritual needs in mass casualty disasters -- The spirituality of servant leadership in nursing -- Prayer in nursing : the spirituality of contemplative caregiving -- The spirituality of caring : a sacred covenant model for nursing practice -- A lived experience of caring in nursing practice : the ministry of Catherine of Siena.