Spiritual Dimensions of Nursing Practice
In this highly anticipated revised edition of Spiritual Dimensions of Nursing Practice, co-editors Verna Benner Carson and Harold G. Koenig offer a thorough update to this seminal work on spirituality and health in the nursing field. The revised edition builds on the foundations laid in the first, providing perspectives on new research in the spiritual dimensions of nursing care, applying nursing theory to spiritual care, and addressing the spiritual needs of both nurses and patients. It also...
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This unique book discusses the spiritual aspects of nursing care, addressing the needs of both nurse and patient. It emphasizes the universality of spirituality and is appropriate for nurses and patients of many religious faiths. The developmental stages of spirituality, how to provide spiritual care in acute and chronic situations, Western and Eastern spiritual beliefs, and burnout as a spiritual issue are just a few of the topics discussed.
Preface vii Part I Spirituality and the Nursing Profession 11 Spirituality: Defining the Indefinable and Reviewing Its Place in Nursing Verna Benner Carson Ruth Stoll 32 Religion, Spirituality, and Health: Understanding the Mechanisms Harold G. Koenig 33 Part II Spirituality, Religion, and Health Care: Examining the Relationships 633 Theism and Health Care Verna Benner Carson 654 Eastern Pantheism and Health Care Verna Benner Carson 865 The Legal Issues: Religion versus Health Care Patricia C. McMullen Nayna D. C. Philipsen 101 Part III Application of Theory to Spiritual Needs: What Does Spiritual Care Look Like? 1236 Spirituality: Identifying and Meeting Spiritual Needs Verna Benner Carson 1257 The Psychospiritual Lives of Ill or Suffering Children and Adolescents: What We Should Know, What We Should Do Pat Fosarelli 1548 Adult Spirituality for Persons with Chronic Illness Patricia E. Murphy George Fitchett Andrea L. Canada 1939 Spirituality and Elder Care Thomas E. Deloughry 23610 Spirituality in Death and Bereavement Miriam Jacik 279 Part IV The Thread of Spirituality through Community, Ethics Work, and Education 30911 Spiritual Care in Communities Nancy Christine Shoemaker 31112 Ethical Decision Making and Spirituality Gary Batchelor 33013 Spirituality within Educational and Work Environments Elizabeth Arnold 372 Contributors 405 Index 409
