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10cp Spirituality
for Nurses: Caring for the Whole Person This unit is divided into two sections. The first section investigates various concepts of spirituality that may best serve the needs of nurses working in the area of health and age care ministry. The concepts of spirituality will be drawn from a variety of multicultural sources, from Eastern and Western religious traditions, from Indigenous spiritual worldviews, and from secular perspectives. Using a constructionist approach to learning, students will articulate a holistic and functional definition of spirituality that embodies their personal vision of life’s meaning and purpose in the light of their own life experiences and self-reflections. As part of this formation process, various moral and ethical issues that arise in nursing practice such as pain and suffering will be addressed. The use of such material as art, literature, film, and contemporary writings will be used to stimulate discussion and shape student’s thinking. The second section of the unit explores the practical side of spirituality and spiritual care deals with issues as attention, self-awareness, creative use of the imagination, centring and simple meditative and prayerful techniques. |