Introduction to Spiritual Care
Spiritual Care is essential to providing quality nursing care. This course is focused on the nurse as integral to the care of the whole person. Historical, theoretical and practical perspectives of providing spiritual care are discussed as well as the nursing process, cultural considerations, therapeutic use of self, and most frequently used nursing interventions related to spiritual care.
Outcomes: Discuss professional mandates for spiritual care; Explain importance of fostering personal spiritual self awareness in caring for spirit of the patient, family and community; Integrate elements of spiritual assessment into overall assessment of a patient; Use prayer to comfort patients; Define suffering and relationship to spiritual care.
Outcomes: Discuss professional mandates for spiritual care; Explain importance of fostering personal spiritual self awareness in caring for spirit of the patient, family and community; Integrate elements of spiritual assessment into overall assessment of a patient; Use prayer to comfort patients; Define suffering and relationship to spiritual care.