Spirituality and coping with loss : end of life healthcare practice / Wendy Greenstreet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenstreet, Wendy, author.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spiritual healing.

Terminal care.

Spiritual care (Medical care).

Spiritual Therapies--nursing.

Terminal Care--methods.

Spirituality.

Bereavement.

Nurse's Role.

Medical Subjects:

Spiritual Therapies--nursing.

Terminal Care--methods.

Spirituality.

Bereavement.

Nurse's Role.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 149 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Spirituality and Coping with Loss: End of Life Healthcare Practice describes a research study that reflects nurses' experience of the nature of loss encountered in end of life care settings as well as the ways in which spirituality is a resource in coping in these situations. Key findings indicate how nurses' spiritual development impacts their proficiency in spiritual care. These findings will be of interest to nurses and nurse educators as well as other healthcare professionals. Book jacket.

Contents:

The chosen approach

An outline of what was already known

Involving nurses as research participants

Analysis of experience shared

Consequences of loss for patients and their significant others

Accessing support to help patients cope

Impact of loss on nurses

Belonging as the means of nurses coping

Belief as the pillar of spirituality

Being a spiritual carer

Becoming proficient in spiritual care

Work culture

Role of belief in meaning making

Openness as a particular style of communication

Discipline in self care.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781498767835

1498767834

Publisher Number:

99969707384

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.