Meeting Clients' Spiritual Needs

Delgado, Cheryl

doi:10.1016/j.cnur.2007.03.002

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“…In the grounded theory of Discerning the path to healing, this is presented as the need for continuously Building a trusting relationships with patients and is also articulated in the theory as Respecting patient's privacy and Following patient's pace. The importance of being open towards the patient, being attentive and listening (Delgado 2007, Biro 2012, Keall et al 2014 seems to be the key to connect with patients (Cone 1997, Rykkje et al 2011 and for spiritual care to be recognised and encouraged (van Leeuwen & Cusveller 2004, RCN 2011b.…”

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“…Brussat and Brussat (1996) introduced the term spiritual literacy as 'the ability to read the signs written in the text of our experiences' (p. 15). Although Brussat and Brussat wrote for the general public, many of the concepts that they made into an alphabet of spiritual literacy resonate well with nursing, for example, being present (Delgado 2007, Carson 2011), compassion (Biro 2012, Keall et al 2014, connectedness (Cone 1997, Rykkje et al 2011, hope (Delgado 2007, Biro 2012, kindness (Biro 2012), listening (Delgado 2007, Biro 2012, Keall et al 2014, meaning (Biro 2012), openness (Giske & Cone 2012) and silence (Keall et al 2014).…”

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“…Brussat and Brussat () introduced the term spiritual literacy as ‘the ability to read the signs written in the text of our experiences’ (p. 15). Although Brussat and Brussat wrote for the general public, many of the concepts that they made into an alphabet of spiritual literacy resonate well with nursing, for example, being present (Delgado , Carson ), compassion (Biro , Keall et al . , Pfeiffer et al .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…), connectedness (Cone , Rykkje et al . , ), hope (Delgado , Biro ), kindness (Biro ), listening (Delgado , Biro , Keall et al . ), meaning (Biro ), openness (Giske & Cone ) and silence (Keall et al .…”

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Discerning the healing path – how nurses assist patient spirituality in diverse health care settings

Giske

Cone

2015

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Aims and objectives. To examine nurses' experiences in spiritual care in diverse clinical settings, preferably not palliative care. Background. Spirituality is part of holistic nursing care. The concept of spiritual literacy is introduced as the nurse's ability to read the spiritual signs of the human experience. Design. Classical grounded theory methodology with open and selective coding was used to identify the participants' main concern and the strategies they used to resolve it, and to develop a substantive grounded theory. Method. Data were collected in 2008 and 2014 during eight focus group interviews with a total of 22 nurses recruited from a master's programme, postgraduate programmes and a local hospital. Data were analysed through constant comparison until the grounded theory emerged. Results. The participants' main concern was how to assist the patient to alleviation. The participants resolved this by Discerning the healing path, which comprises three stages: Tuning in on spirituality, Uncovering deep concerns and Facilitating the healing process. These three stages are accompanied all the way by the participants' Willingness to overcome own comfort zone and Building a trusting relationship. Conclusion. Spirituality is of relevance for all areas of nursing care, not just dying patients or those in palliative care. Spirituality relates to the deep and important things in life and affects how patients face health issues. Nurses attend to spirituality in patients because the pain of the soul touches them and the calmness of spiritual peace amazes them. Relevance to clinical practice. The professional culture in the health care team socialises nurses into the workplace, and leaders need to pay close attention to how they can foster openness to spiritual matters. The personal and professional maturity of the nurse is fundamental to his or her willingness and ability to overcome own comfort zone. What does this paper contribute to the wider global clinical community?Spirituality has relevance in all areas and patient age groups, not just dying patients.Spiritual concerns are pivotal in patients' well-being.It is critically important that nurses are willing and able to uncover spiritual concerns and facilitate the healing process in whatever way patients need.Spirituality is deeply related to health and healing and affects both the patient and the nurse. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

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Discerning the healing path – how nurses assist patient spirituality in diverse health care settings

Giske

Cone

2015

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…Difficult and lengthy assessment with questionnaires ranging from 12 to 98 questions [156,157], which could be problematic in initial contacts with acutely ill patients [158]. Direct questions on matters of spirituality or religion may be viewed as intrusive or totally inappropriate [159].…”

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Religious and Spiritual Biomarkers in Both Health and Disease

Kharitonov¹

2012

Religions

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Religious thought and spirituality can be considered as a part of natural human capacities. There is an exponential rise in clinical research in the relationship between religion, spirituality and positive health outcomes. Most of these studies, however, have been primarily descriptive, rather than explanatory, focusing on identifying their underlying mechanisms. Almost no attempts have been made to find novel methods to mirror and monitor positive, and possibly negative, reactions related to the local and general effects of religion and spirituality in healthy subjects and patients. As this area of interest is rather new, we propose to put forward a new hypothesis that effects of religion and spirituality can be objectively studied by various exhaled biomarkers, some of which have already been developed and tested in health and disease. The lungs are particularly well suited for this purpose, as we have easy access to exhaled air and thereby a possibility to develop methods that measure compounds directly released from them. This work is the first step in the convergence of medical and theological research by linking various biomarkers and physiological measures with indicators of individual belief systems, religiosity and spirituality.

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Promoting Family Integrity to Inspire Hope in Rehabilitation Patients: Strategies to Provide Evidence-Based Care

Kautz

Horn

2009

Rehabilitation Nursing

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The disability of one family member who requires inpatient rehabilitation care can negatively affect all family members and ultimately disrupt family integrity. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how promoting family integrity also promotes hope when families are confronted with a newly disabled teen or adult. Current research findings indicate that rehabilitation nurses are in a key position to promote hope and family integrity by facilitating open communication between family members, fostering a tone of togetherness within and among families, and helping families resolve feelings of guilt and move toward forgiveness. These strategies are based on activities from the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) intervention "Family Integrity Promotion". This article presents a review of research to support these NIC activities and offers practical suggestions so rehabilitation nurses can incorporate these strategies into their daily practice with patients and their family members.

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Meeting Clients' Spiritual Needs

Cited by 20 publications

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Discerning the healing path – how nurses assist patient spirituality in diverse health care settings

Discerning the healing path – how nurses assist patient spirituality in diverse health care settings

Religious and Spiritual Biomarkers in Both Health and Disease

Promoting Family Integrity to Inspire Hope in Rehabilitation Patients: Strategies to Provide Evidence-Based Care

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