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Spirituality in nursing [electronic resource] : the challenges of complexity / Barbara Stevens Barnum.

By: Barnum, Barbara Stevens.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: New York : Springer, 2011Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xvi, 172 p.Subject(s): Nursing -- Religious aspects | Nursing -- Philosophy | Nursing -- Psychological aspects | SpiritualityGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 610.7301 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.