Evidence-based spiritual care

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Kalish
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Evidence Based

Three Emerging Spiritual Practices in the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC): From Pastoral Care and Counselling to Multi-Faith, Evidence-Based Spiritual Care and Psycho-Spiritual Therapy

2021 ◽  
pp. 154230502110366
Author(s):  
Thomas St. James O’Connor ◽  
Elizabeth Meakes
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Process Theology ◽  
Spiritual Practices ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Canadian Association ◽  
Spiritual Therapy ◽  
Integrated Psychotherapy ◽  
The Relationship

Describes the relationship between practice and theory (praxis) along with an examination of changes in the last 40 years in the praxis of pastoral care and counselling in the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC) that led to spiritual care and psycho-spiritual therapy. Developments in spiritual practices include growth in multi-faith, evidence-based spiritual care, and spiritually integrated psychotherapy (psycho-spiritual therapy). Suggests further areas of research and reflection including process theology.

Designing and Validation Islamic Evidence-Based Spiritual Care Guidelines of Sound Heart Model in the Dying Patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Minoo Asadzandi ◽  
Alireza Eskandari ◽  
Seyyed Mohammad Khademolhosseini ◽  
Abbas Ebadi
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Heart Model ◽  
Dying Patients ◽  
Care Guidelines

scholarly journals Perceiving the Role of Communication Skills as a Bridge between the Perception of Spiritual Care and Acceptance of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice—Empirical Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (23) ◽  
pp. 12591
Author(s):  
Mariusz Panczyk ◽  
Lucyna Iwanow ◽  
Szymon Musik ◽  
Dominik Wawrzuta ◽  
Joanna Gotlib ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Care Plan ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Significant Difference

Decision making using evidence-based practice (EBP) is generally universally accepted by nurses. Such acceptance may affect the personnel’s behaviour towards patients, which is also demonstrated by taking into consideration the patient’s preferences, including the patient’s spiritual needs, in the care plan. The provision of such care requires the development of an attitude of approval and an adequate level of communicative competence, which will enable the actual implementation of the EBP. The purpose of our study was to assess the perception of spirituality and the nurse’s role in providing spiritual care, as well as the perception of the significance of communication skills in the approval of EBP in professional practice. A multi-centre cross-section study was conducted on a population of 1176 participants (459 undergraduate (bachelor’s programme, BP) and 717 postgraduate students (master’s programme, MP)) from 10 medical universities in Poland. Three tools were used in the study to evaluate the participants’ approach: Evidence-Based Practice Competence Questionnaire (EBP-COQ), The Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale (SSCRS), and Communication Skills Attitude Scale (CSAS). Structural equation modelling was used for the analysis. An analysis of structural equations revealed the presence of positive relationships of the attitude to spiritual care and the role of communicative competences with the approach to EBP regardless of the cohort. A significant difference was found related to the influence of age on the attitude towards learning communicative competences. The approval in this respect was observed to decrease with age in the MP group. Increasing approval of EBP requires strengthening the approach to activity-centred spiritual care, with the simultaneous development of a positive attitude towards learning communicative competences. The model reveals the need to integrate a humanistic approach with EBP, which can be achieved by planning different interventions in different groups of recipients: nurses, academic teachers and students.

Hospice

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Raymer ◽  
Dona J. Reese
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Symptom Control ◽  
Community Outreach ◽  
Interdisciplinary Team ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Death With Dignity

Hospice social workers are essential members of the interdisciplinary team that provide biopsychosocial and spiritual care to terminally ill patients and their significant others during the last 6 months of life. Hospice philosophy emphasizes symptom control, quality of life, patient self-determination, and death with dignity. Hospice social workers must be skilled in providing evidence-based interventions including direct client services; collaboration with the interdisciplinary team; community outreach; developing culturally competent services; and advocating for policy change on the organizational, local, and national levels.

Clinical Interprofessional Model of Spiritual Care

2021 ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Christina M. Puchalski
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Continuum Of Care ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Spiritual Distress ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Evidence Based Model ◽  
The Continuum

To standardize and institutionalize spirituality as a component of whole-patient care, the biopsychosocial-spiritual model must be integrated across the continuum of care for all patients. This chapter explores the clinical interprofessional model of spiritual care. The biopsychosocial-spiritual model recognizes the distinct dimensions—biological, psychological, social, and spiritual—of a person and the fact that no dimension can be left out when caring for the whole person. This chapter describes a consensus- and evidence-based model that enables clinicians to fully attend to the spiritual needs and the spiritual distress that patients and their families may experience. The chapter is rounded out by two case examples.

scholarly journals Perceiving the Role of Communication Skills as a Bridge between the Perception of Spiritual Care and Acceptance of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice—Empirical Model

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariusz Panczyk ◽  
Lucyna Iwanow ◽  
Szymon Musik ◽  
Dominik Wawrzuta ◽  
Joanna Gotlib ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Care Plan ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Significant Difference

Decision-making using evidence-based practice (EBP) is generally universally accepted by nurses. Such acceptance may affect the personnel’s behaviour towards patients, which is also demonstrated by taking into consideration the patient’s preferences, including the patient’s spiritual needs, in the care plan. The provision of such care requires the development of an attitude of approval and an adequate level of communicative competence, which will enable the actual implementation of the EBP. The purpose of our study was to assess the perception of spirituality and the nurse’s role in providing spiritual care, as well as the perception of the significance of communication skills in the approval of EBP in professional practice. A multi-centre cross-section study was conducted on a population of 1176 participants (459 undergraduate (Bachelor programme, BP) and 717 postgraduate students (Master programme, MP)) from 10 medical universities in Poland. Three tools were used in the study to evaluate the participants’ approach: Evidence-Based Practice Competence Questionnaire (EBP-COQ), The Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale (SSCRS), and Communication Skills Attitude Scale (CSAS). Structural equation modelling was used for the analysis. An analysis of structural equations revealed the presence of positive relationships of the attitude to spiritual care and the role of communicative competences with the approach to EBP regardless of the cohort. A significant difference was found related to the influence of age on the attitude toward learning communicative competences. The approval in this respect was observed to decrease with age in the MP group. Increasing approval of EBP requires strengthening the approach to activity-centred spiritual care, with the simultaneous development of a positive attitude towards learning communicative competences. The model reveals the need to integrate a humanistic approach with EBP, which can be achieved by planning different interventions in different groups of recipients: nurses, academic teachers and students.

Evaluation of spiritual needs assessments in oncology palliative care: Results of an improvement project.

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (29_suppl) ◽  
pp. 161-161
Author(s):  
Sarah Thirlwell ◽  
Valerie Storms ◽  
Mareda Kennedy ◽  
Diane G. Portman
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Oncology Patients ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
Spiritual Assessment ◽  
National Quality

161 Background: Addressing all facets of serious illness requires attention to patients’ spiritual concerns. At our Cancer Center, we sought to ensure that palliative care (PC) inpatients received evidence-based spiritual care. Methods: Chaplaincy Care, Supportive Care Medicine, and Quality and Safety Departments partnered to improve spiritual care using an iterative Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle approach. Evidence-based spiritual practices were defined in accordance with the Association of Professional Chaplains and Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality PC of the National Consensus Project. As a member of the Global Palliative Care Quality Alliance, we also used the web-based Quality Data Collection Tool (QDACT) to guide spiritual assessment. Electronic health record templates were revised to support complete and timely documentation. We monitored performance based on National Quality Forum Measure #1647 for discussion of spiritual/religious concerns. Performance was reviewed monthly by Leadership and with the Chaplaincy Staff. Opportunities to improve performance were discussed and adjustments in practice were made. Results: A total of 1609 oncology patients (average of 89/month) were seen by the inpatient PC team from November 2013–April 2015. With transparent performance reporting and resolution of barriers to spiritual assessment, an increase from 36 to 96% was noted for the percentage of patients with documented spiritual or religious concerns. Spiritual assessment using QDACT indicated that most patients report high spiritual well-being, spiritual peace, and a religious affiliation. Conclusions: As the result of our efforts, the majority of PC oncology patients at our center now have assessment and documentation of spiritual and religious concerns. A team-based approach to quality improvement successfully fostered the integration of spiritual care into oncology palliative care. [Table: see text]

scholarly journals A New Paradigm for Testing Clinical Competence in Chaplaincy Certification

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
George F Handzo ◽  
Susan K Wintz
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Clinical Competence ◽  
Simulated Patient ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Clinical Encounters ◽  
Care Association

This article describes the rationale, evolution, implementation, and evaluation of a process for testing clinical competence in health care chaplaincy certification. The process developed by the Spiritual Care Association uses Zoom technology, simulated patient actors, and evidence-based behaviors. Evaluation of the process by users has been very positive. The process seems to have acceptable validity, reliability, and usability and should be considered as an alternative to self-report clinical encounters as a test of clinical competence.

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