A Nurse's Handbook of Spiritual Care: Standing on Holy GroundThis handy pocket guide provides quick access to a variety of information that helps nurses address the spiritual needs of patients. Designed for use in myriad health care settings, and particularly ideal for visiting and parish nurses, it provides:* An assessment tool for measuring the spiritual needs of patients * An overview of the nurse's role in the provision of spiritual care * Guidelines for administering spiritual care to the acutely ill, chronically ill, children, families, elderly, and the grieving * Numerous meditations and prayers for specific situations * And much more! When used by staff, this resource can help your healthcare facility meet accreditation standards for assessing the spiritual needs of patients. |
Contents
Nursing Assessment of | 13 |
A Sacred Covenant | 29 |
Acutely Ill Person | 51 |
Spiritual Care of the | 63 |
Spiritual Care of the Ill Child | 81 |
Spiritual Care of Families | 93 |
Compassionate Caregiving | 103 |
Bereavement | 117 |
A Nurses Psalm | 199 |
A Nurses Way | 201 |
Jesus Takes Up His Cross | 202 |
Jesus Meets His Sorrowful Mother | 203 |
Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus | 204 |
Jesus Comforts the Women of Jerusalem | 205 |
Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments | 206 |
Jesus Dies on the Cross | 207 |
Healthcare | 133 |
Spiritual Care in Mass | 153 |
Five Steps | 176 |
Nurses Prayers | 183 |
Prayer for Healing | 189 |
Prayer for Discontinuing Life Support | 195 |
Jesus Is Placed in the Tomb | 208 |
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Popular passages
Page xiv - Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.