Spirituality in nursing : the challenges of complexity / Barbara Stevens Barnum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnum, Barbara Stevens.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing--Religious aspects.

Nursing.

Nursing--Philosophy.

Nursing--Psychological aspects.

Spirituality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"" Spirituality in Nursing is thought provoking and Barnum offers some excellent material and food for thought.""-- Journal of Christian Nursing. ""This is a very thought-provoking book that asks many questions, often without answers. It could be used in an undergraduate or graduate course on spirituality or death and dying, or as in-service material in hospitals and other healthcare agencies. A very interesting chapter discusses near death experiences (NDE), a phenomenon that has begun to be accepted and has garnered more study."" Score: 95, 4 stars --Doody's.: Can nurses be expected to

Contents:

Spiritual versus religious orientations

Levels of spiritual development : what happens when the nurse and patient differ?

Spirituality and the brain : is spirituality programmed in the brain?

Spirituality and psychology : compatible? : incompatible?

Spirituality and research : what research makes sense? : what doesn't?

Spirituality and nursing theory : a miss or a match?

Should spiritual care be taught in nursing education?

Spirituality, healing, and nursing : should nursing claim healing as part of its mission?

Should spiritual care be a function of nursing practice?

Today's nursing : a prisoner of context?

Dying, death, disability, and despair

Spirituality versus humanism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-12873-9

9786613532619

0-8261-0584-X

OCLC:

775352828