Spirituality in Nursing

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Spirituality in Nursing

• Shelia Massey RN, BSN
• Troy School of Nursing
• Fall 2006

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Spirituality vs. Religion
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Spirituality

• Exploring the meaning of life.
• Expressing self through music, literature, art
  and nature
• Connecting with other people
• Communicating with a higher power
• Personal and universal

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Religion

• Formalized traditions
• Culturally influenced
• Definite set of beliefs, rites, and or rituals
• Organized means of for a groups who share same
  belief systems

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Pioneers in Spirituality

• Florence Nightingale
• Martha Rogers
• Betty Nueman
• Jean Watson

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Florence Nightingale

• Born May 12, 1820
• Best remembered for her work as a nurse during
  the Crimean War
• Credited with developing nursing documentation
• Established School of Nursing
• Died August 13, 1910

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Florence Nightingale

• Found meaning in life through caring for others
• Perceived as Angel of Mercy
• Not bound by traditions or societal beliefs

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Martha E Rogers

• Born May 12, 1914
• Nursing Diploma 1936
• B.S. Public Health Nursing 1937
• Masters degree 1945
• Science of Unitary Human Beings
• 1st published 1964
• Died March 13, 1994

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Martha Rogers

• Human beings are continually engaged with the
  environment
• Used the term mysticism instead of spirituality

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Jean Watson

• Born West Virginia
• Education
• BSN, University of Colorado, 1964
• MS, University of Colorado, 1966
• PhD, University of Colorado, 1973
• Theory of Human Caring

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Jean Watson

• Nontraditional view of nursing
• Transpersonal Caring
• Unity of life
• Concentric circles of caring - from individual,
  to others, to community, to world, to planet
  earth, to the universe.

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Betty Neuman

• Born 1924 Lowell, Ohio
• 1947 RN Diploma Peoples Hospital School of
  Nursing, Akron, Ohio
• 1957 UCLA with double major in psychology and
  public health
• Received BS in nursing from UCLA

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Betty Nueman

• 1966 Masters degree in Mental Health, Public
  Health Consultation from UCLA
• 1972 Nueman System Model published
• 1985 Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from
  Pacific Western University
• 1998 Received second honorary doctorate - from
  Grand Valley State University, Allendale,
  Michigan

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Betty Neuman

• Neuman System Model
• Spirituality a variable that affects the
  individuals environment

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Spirituality Today

• Spirituality in Nursing Education
• Power of Prayer
• Parish Nursing

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Spirituality in Nursing Education

• Studies indicate that nurses dont feel prepared
  to handle spiritual issues
• More nursing programs are including spirituality
  into their curriculums
• More research on the importance of spirituality
  to patients
• Development of tools to assess spirituality in
  clients

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Spirituality in Nursing Education

• Increase in textbooks on spirituality
• Increase in literature on spirituality

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Power of Prayer

• Has positive effect on medical outcomes
• Published prayers for nurses and their clients
• Chaplains and other clergy part of the holistic
  team
• Education and Certification in Spirituality

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Parish Nursing

• Parish Nursing is a developing practice area
  with a focus on the integration of physical,
  spiritual and psychological health needs of
  people within a congregation.

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Parish Nursing

• Health screening of congregation
• Source of health information
• Liaison between client and medical community
• Visit the sick and shut-in

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Parish Nursing Programs

• On-line courses
• Certification
• Masters in Nursing

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Future of Spirituality in Nursing

• Increase in technology
• The human element is missing
• Fast pace of society causing people to examine
  meaning of life
• Familiar means are not providing answers

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• Nurses are incorporating spirituality into their
  daily practice
• Medical models are changing to incorporate
  spiritually
• New theorists are emerging

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Practical Tips

• Be aware of own spiritual bias
• Allow clients to use spirituality to assist in
  the healing process
• Be familiar with policies and procedures of your
  institution concerning spirituality
• Have assess to spiritual resources for your client

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Possible Resources

• http//spirituality.researchtoday.net/
• http//wwwnew.towson.edu/sct/selfcare.hm
• www.cshiumn.edu.spirituality

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As Nurses

• We Care!!