O'Brien, Mary Elizabeth.

Spirituality in nursing : standing on holy ground / Mary Elizabeth O'Brien. - 4th ed. - xvi, 432 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Spirituality in nursing : standing on holy ground -- A spiritual history of nursing -- Nursing assessment of spiritual needs -- A middle-range theory of spiritual well-being in illness -- The nurse-patient relationship : a sacred covenant -- Spiritual care : the nurse's role -- Spiritual needs of the patient with an acute illness -- Spiritual needs of the chronically ill person -- Spiritual needs of children and families -- Spiritual needs of the older adult -- Spiritual well-being and quality of life at the end of life -- Spiritual needs in death and bereavement -- Parish nursing : caregiving within a faith community -- Spiritual needs in mass casualty disasters -- The spirituality of servant leadership in nursing.



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Nursing--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Spirituality.
Nursing ethics.
Nurse and patient.
Nursing--Philosophy.
Nurse-Patient Relations.
Spirituality.
Christianity.
Nursing Care--ethics.
Philosophy, Nursing.
Religion and Medicine.

RT85.2 / .O37 2011

610.7301/Ob62

2010 L-926 WY 87 / O13s 2011