Making Sense of Spirituality in Nursing Practice: An Interactive Approach

It is increasingly recognised that caring for the spiritual needs of patients is a highly significant yet often neglected and misunderstood aspect of nursing care. This is in part due to the lack of guidance and instruction which nurses receive regarding this sensitive and personal aspect of our lives.

This book aims to provide an accessible introduction toissues concerning the spiritual dimension of nursing practice. It draws extensively on case studies illustrating applications to practice and encourages the reader to explore, through reflective activities, what spirituality means to them and to the patients they care for.

Stimulating and challenging, and based on the authors own extensive research, this book will be the perfect introduction to spiritual care for nurses in all areas of practice.

Readable introduction to complex and often poorly understood area of practice

Relevant to practice

Extensive use of case studies and activites

Fully referenced with annotated further reading

Research-based

"This book should prove useful to students and practitioners wishing to gain a systematic introduction to spirituality and spiritual dimensions of nursing... I would encourage students on nursing courses to aquire a copy" Aru Narayanasamy, Lecturer in Ethical, Spiritual and Cultural Dimensions of Care, Honary Advisor (Transcultural Care) University of Notingham, Nurse Education Today Issue 21, February 2001