Spirituality in Nursing: The Challenges of Complexity (Barnum, Spirituality in Nursing) - Softcover

Barnum PhD, Barbara Stevens

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826105831 ISBN 13: 9780826105837

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2010

Synopsis

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 deliver spiritual care?
• Should nursing claim healing as part of its mission?
• Should spiritual care be taught in nursing education?
• What do recent brain studies teach us about spirituality?

Exploring these questions and many more, this new edition of Spirituality in Nursing provides a wealth of insight into current challenges presented to both practicing nurses and students. Newly updated, revised, and expanded, this third edition examines spirituality in nursing from an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing from theoretical, historical, religious, psychological, and even physiological contexts.

In her thought-provoking exploration of this sometimes controversial topic, Dr. Barnum traces nursing's involvement with spirituality from its historical ties with religion to the current interest in new age and alternative health methods. The chapters offer engaging discussions of important topics such as the distinction between spirituality and religion, spirituality and research, humanism, and death and dying. Taking a problem-solving approach, this book serves as an invaluable guide to understanding the complex and expanding role of spirituality in nursing.

About this title

About the Author:

is a noted presence in nursing education, the author of twelve books, many with numerous additional editions, with chapters in numerous other titles (five published by Springer), and many peer reviewed articles. She has served as Editor, Nursing Leadership Forum (Springer) and Editor, Nursing & Health Care, NLN (the previous incarnation of NLN's Nursing Education Perspectives). Currently, she is a consultant, psychotherapist, and (part-time faculty) periodic lecturer at NYU, Nursing. Previous positions include Director, Division of Health Services, Sciences and Education, Teachers College, NY, where she also held the Stewart Chair, and chair in the Department of Nursing Education. She was a consultant, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, and her first academic position was as professor, Nursing Administration, College of Nursing, University of Illinois, Chicago. A fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, Dr. Barnum has done extensive national and international consultation and continuing education, including an eight-year term as consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General. Dr. Barnum presents workshops in areas of complementary medicine and spirituality nationwide.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0826105831
• ISBN 13: 9780826105837
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 196