Spiritual, Religious, and Cultural Aspects of Care

ISBN-13: 9780190244231 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 128 str.

Betty Ferrell;Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association; Ed. Betty R. Ferrell

Opis

Spiritual, Religious, and Cultural Aspects of Care is the fifth volume in the HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals series. Chapters address how to conduct a spiritual assessment of patients and families, spiritual interventions including compassionate presence, listening deeply, bearing witness, and being compassionate, how to partner with the patient and family to ensure culture guides the plan of care, how to find meaning in illness, the many dimensions of hope and its influence on the dying process. The content of the concise, clinically focused volumes in the HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals series is one resource for nurses preparing for specialty certification exams and provides a quick-reference in daily practice. Plentiful tables and patient teaching points make these volumes useful resources for nurses.

Recenzje

As in other volumes in this series, there is a lot of information with plenty of lists and tables. . . [providing] good advice to an experienced palliative care nurse.

O autorze

Betty R. Ferrell is the Director and Professor of Nursing Research and Education and City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, California.