Development and Implementation of an Educational Module to Increase Nurses' Comfort With Spiritual Care in an Inpatient Setting.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Increasing focus is being placed on providing spiritual care for patients as a component of holistic nursing care. Studies indicate that patients whose spiritual needs are met report higher quality of and satisfaction with their care. However, nurses are not including spiritual assessment and care into their practice. One barrier cited by nurses is that they lack educational preparation. A 2-hour, face-to-face educational module about the provision of spiritual care was implemented for inpatient nursing staff at a large academic medical center. Program evaluations of the module suggested an increase in the comfort of nurses providing spiritual care. This article describes the development and implementation of this educational program, with preliminary results. J Contin Educ Nurs. 2017;48(8):358-364.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Hubbell, SL; Kauschinger, E; Oermann, M
Published Date
- August 2017
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 48 / 8
Start / End Page
- 358 - 364
PubMed ID
- 28759693
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1938-2472
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0022-0124
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.3928/00220124-20170712-07
Language
- eng