The language of spirituality: an emerging taxonomy

McSherry, Wilfred; Cash, Keith

doi:10.1016/s0020-7489(03)00114-7

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“…(McSherry and Cash, 2004;Strang et al, 2002). In a review of the literature concerning the ability of staff to alleviate existential distress, it was found that although clinicians are sometimes aware of their lack of knowing what to say and or do when patients experience existential distress, they are often aware of existential distress or spiritual meaning as being part of their work (Leung and Esplen, 2010).…”

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Existential encounters: Nurses' descriptions of critical incidents in end-of-life cancer care

Browall

Henoch

Melin‐Johansson

et al. 2014

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

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a b s t r a c tNurses working with cancer patients in end of life care need to be prepared to encounter patients' psychosocial and spiritual distress. Aim: The aim of this study was to describe nurses' experiences of existential situations when caring for patients severely affected by cancer. Methods and sample: Nurses (registered and enrolled) from three urban in-patient hospices, an oncology clinic and a surgery clinic and a palliative homecare team were, prior to the start of a training program, invited to write down their experiences of a critical incident (CI), in which existential issues were featured. Results: Eighty-eight CIs were written by 83 nurses. The CIs were analyzed with qualitative content analysis. Two main themes were found: Encounters with existential pain experiences, which concerned facing death and facing losses; and Encountering experiences of hope, which concerned balancing honesty, and desire to live. Conclusions: This study points out that health care professionals need to be aware of patients' feelings of abandonment in exposed situations such as patients' feelings of existential loneliness. That there are some patients that express a desire to die and this makes the nurses feel uncomfortable and difficult to confront these occurrences and its therefore important to listen to patients' stories, regardless of care organization, in order to gain access to patients' inner existential needs.

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confidence: 99%

Existential encounters: Nurses' descriptions of critical incidents in end-of-life cancer care

Browall

Henoch

Melin‐Johansson

et al. 2014

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

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“…The literature also indicates that training for healthcare staff in existential issues is insufficient and that there is a vagueness regarding their role (16,17). A study involving healthcare staff at nursing homes found that they expressed a fear of death.…”

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Training Intervention for Health Care Staff in the Provision of Existential Support to Patients With Cancer: A Randomized, Controlled Study

Henoch

Danielson

Strang

et al. 2013

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

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Context: When a patient receives a cancer diagnosis, existential issues become more compelling.Throughout the illness trajectory, cancer patients could be cared for on oncology wards, by home care teams or in hospices. Nurses working with these patients are sometimes aware of the patients' existential needs but do not feel confident when discussing these issues.Objectives: To determine the effects of a training intervention, where the focus is on existential issues and nurses' perceived confidence in communication and their attitude towards caring for dying patients.Methods: This was a randomised, controlled trial with a training intervention consisting of theoretical training in existential issues combined with individual and group reflection. In total, 102 nurses on oncology wards and hospice wards and in palliative home care teams were randomised to a training group or non-training group. Primary outcomes, confidence in communication and attitude towards the care of dying patients were measured at baseline, immediately after the training and five to six months after.Results: Confidence in communication improved significantly in the training group from baselinebefore the training -to both the first and second follow-up, i.e. immediately after the training and five months after. The attitude towards caring for the dying did not improve in the training group.Conclusion: This study shows that short-term training with reflection improves the confidence of healthcare staff when communicating, which is important for healthcare managers with limited resources. Further studies are needed to explore how patients experience the communication skills of healthcare staff after such training.

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“…This notion comprehends all human dimensions (3) and the great efforts to include new approaches that meet not only technological, but also ontological competences, which are essential for the maturity of nursing and its survival as a profession (4) . Therefore, education, research and nursing practice emerge in this discussion, with a view to understanding how human spirituality permeates the care scenarios, as well as its implications for contemporary nursing.…”

Section: Este Estudio Tuvo Por Objetivo Comprender Como La Espiritualmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is the essence; the center of the being, that permeates all aspects of life in a unifying way (3) .…”

Section: Este Estudio Tuvo Por Objetivo Comprender Como La Espiritualmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This paradigm change movement is evident in nursing. Besides articles on spirituality, there is research on the philosophical meaning of the concept (3)(4)(5)7) , methods to evaluate spiritual needs (8) and practical aspects of its implications in nursing care (9)(10)(11) . This study was performed in this sense, and has the clear purpose to contribute to the universe of possibilities that the dialogue about spirituality in education, research and nursing care may provide, as well as to contribute with the construction of this profession of love and care.…”

Section: Este Estudio Tuvo Por Objetivo Comprender Como La Espiritualmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Spirituality in self-care for intensive care nursing professionals

Dezorzi

Crossetti

2008

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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The language of spirituality: an emerging taxonomy

Cited by 169 publications

References 25 publications

Existential encounters: Nurses' descriptions of critical incidents in end-of-life cancer care

Existential encounters: Nurses' descriptions of critical incidents in end-of-life cancer care

Training Intervention for Health Care Staff in the Provision of Existential Support to Patients With Cancer: A Randomized, Controlled Study

Spirituality in self-care for intensive care nursing professionals

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