Preparing undergraduate nurses and midwives for spiritual care: Some developments in European education over the last decade

McSherry, Wilfred; Ross, Linda; Attard, Josephine; Leeuwen, René van; Giske, Tove; Kleiven, Tormod; Boughey, Adam

doi:10.1080/20440243.2020.1726053

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“…When health care workers are to meet the spiritual needs of patients, this requires they have knowledge about what spiritual needs consist of, and have the courage to enter into the field (Cooper et al, 2020;Doka, 2011, p. 108;Holmberg et al, 2019Holmberg et al, , p. 1730Jackson et al, 2016, pp. 290-293;McSherry et al, 2020). This again requires an organizational support that facilitates spiritual awareness and religious literacy not only toward patients but also among health care workers (cf.…”

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How Do Migrant Nursing Home Staff Relate to Religion in Their Work With Patients Who Are Approaching Death?

2020

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Aim To investigate how migrant nursing home staff relate to religion in their care for patients who are approaching death. Method and Theory Individual in-depth interviews were conducted with 16 migrant health care workers from five nursing homes in Norway. The overall analytic approach was hermeneutical. The parts and the whole were interpreted in light of each other to gain a “thick description” of the data material in order to show the ways in which experiential meaning-making draws on cultural webs of sign ificance. Findings Religion held various meanings for the migrant health care workers interviewed. Religious and cultural competence and knowledge of migrant nursing home staff was neither asked for by the management nor discussed in the staff group. The way our participants related to religion at work was therefore based on individual preferences and internalized practices. Conclusion and Implication for Practice Organized reflection groups among staff are needed in order to integrate and develop religious literacy in the multicultural nursing home setting. Such reflection groups can help the individual staff member to perform holistic nursing, that is, to be attentive of the interconnectedness of biological, social, psychosocial, and spiritual aspects in a human being.

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How Do Migrant Nursing Home Staff Relate to Religion in Their Work With Patients Who Are Approaching Death?

2020

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“…The three EPICC groups of scholars (collectively known as EPICC participants) participated in the survey which provided a significant contribution to the development of the Spiritual Care Education Standard. The groups’ participation can be viewed diagrammatically as an equilateral triangle that represented a unity in the way they were working to that common goal (McSherry et al, 2020). This approach is novel and innovative in that it emphasizes the importance of true collaboration and co‐production.…”

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“…This paper reports on the process and outcomes of a European educational project aiming for the development of a consensus‐based spiritual care competency standard for undergraduate nursing and midwifery education. The standard was developed as part of a project named as the EPICC project (‘Enhancing Nurses’ and Midwives’ Competence in Providing Spiritual Care through Innovative Education and Compassionate Care’) (http://www.epicc-project.eu; McSherry et al, 2020).…”

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“…The EPICC project involved three key groups of leading scholars in spiritual care. One group was the strategic partners from six universities who coordinated the project, 31 EPICC participants, who were nursing/midwifery educators from 21 European etc and 18 EPICC so‐called participants + namely; key stakeholders, students, members of the public, professional bodies, patient groups (McSherry et al, 2020). The aims of the EPICC project were:…”

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The development of a consensus‐based spiritual care education standard for undergraduate nursing and midwifery students: An educational mixed methods study

Leeuwen

Attard

Ross

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Journal of Advanced Nursing

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The aim of this study was to develop a consensus-based Spiritual Care Education Standard for undergraduate N/M students to use in undergraduate programmes. Design: Mixed methods were used consisting of qualitative and quantitative methods based on the principles of Delphi research. Methods: The sample consisted of a total of 58 (N = 58) participants from 21 European countries. Data collection was conducted from June 2017-February 2019 and took place in facilitated iterative action learning cycles and online surveys. Data were analysed by descriptive statistics and qualitative analysis. Consensus was stated by >90% agreement. Results: The process resulted in an EPICC Spiritual Care Education Standard consisting of the following four spiritual care competences: Intrapersonal spirituality, Interpersonal spirituality, Spiritual care: assessment and planning, Spiritual care: intervention and evaluation. For every competence, learning outcomes were described in knowledge, skills and attitudes. Conclusion: This Standard guides N/M spiritual care education, student assessment and research. It can be the starting point for discussing spiritual care competences in other healthcare professions. Follow-up research should focus on implementation of the standard and on assessment of students' spiritual competence. Impact: The Standard guides curriculum and programme development. The Standard guides students in performing their learning process. The Standard provides a frame of reference for policy making and follow-up research.

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“…An understanding of spirituality is important to people’s health and spiritual care (McSherry et al, 2020). In recent years, the number of people from Chinese backgrounds living in the UK has seen a massive increase from 226,948 to 433,150 (Nomis, 2003; 2014) with 10.4% of these immigrants having illness, potentially needing to use the National Health Service (NHS) (Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2013).…”

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An understanding of spirituality and spiritual care among people from Chinese backgrounds: A grounded theory study

Niu

McSherry

Partridge

2020

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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An understanding of spirituality is important to people's health and spiritual care (McSherry et al., 2020). In recent years, the number of people from Chinese backgrounds living in the UK has seen a massive increase from 226,948 to 433,150 (Nomis, 2003; 2014) with 10.4% of these immigrants having illness, potentially needing to use the National Health Service (NHS) (Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2013). These Chinese immigrants' needs for spiritual and religious care should be considered alongside their medical

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Preparing undergraduate nurses and midwives for spiritual care: Some developments in European education over the last decade

Cited by 61 publications

References 23 publications

How Do Migrant Nursing Home Staff Relate to Religion in Their Work With Patients Who Are Approaching Death?

How Do Migrant Nursing Home Staff Relate to Religion in Their Work With Patients Who Are Approaching Death?

The development of a consensus‐based spiritual care education standard for undergraduate nursing and midwifery students: An educational mixed methods study

An understanding of spirituality and spiritual care among people from Chinese backgrounds: A grounded theory study

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