: Developing spirituality and spiritual care competencies in nursing students is an important task. In German-speaking countries, research investigating spiritual care in nursing teaching and nursing practice is limited. The aim of this study was to measure nursing students’ perceptions of their spiritual care competencies, care attitudes, involvement, perception and well-being. Three groups of second-year undergraduate nursing students in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 participated in a cross-sectional study using validated scales to measure students’ spiritual well-being (JAREL), spiritual care attitudes and involvement (SAIL), spirituality and spiritual care perceptions (SSCRS), and competencies (SCCS). Nursing students (N = 191) show a high level of spiritual attitude and involvement. The groups attained similar scores on the SSCRS, but the group of 2020 achieved the highest score, indicating a broader view of spirituality. This group also scored highest on the SCCS, which shows a higher self-perceived competence in delivering spiritual care. At the same time, the 2020 group reported significantly low spiritual well-being scores. Students rated their competencies in delivering spiritual care as high. This may be negatively affected if their spiritual well-being remains low. Further investigation is needed to clarify how to tackle this shortcoming in educational training.
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Nelleke ten Napel-Roos, Brenda Mathijssen, W. Smeets, Hetty Zock
In the Netherlands, a growing number of spiritual care givers are working without being endorsed by any church or worldview organization. Since 2015, these non-denominational spiritual care givers can undergo an assessment of their “spiritual competence” on top of their Master’s degree in Spiritual Care, which leads to a mandate in this area. This enables them to obtain full membership of the professional Association of Spiritual Caregivers in the Netherlands (Vereniging van Geestelijk VerZorgers, VGVZ), from which they previously were excluded. The VGVZ seeks to secure the quality and professionalism of spiritual care, and full membership is a condition typically required by clients or employers. The VGVZ’s Professional Standard outlines the membership criteria and states that a spiritual care giver needs to have both a certain expertise, derived from a Master’s degree, and authorization, derived from an endorsement or mandate that ought to safeguard their spiritual competence and authentic, lived spirituality. However, as this study illustrates, the terminology used in the Professional Standard is rather unclear. Reference is made to “spiritual”, “worldview” and “hermeneutic” competencies, which are all situated in the domain of substantive, process-orientated and personal capabilities. This article critically examines the notion of spiritual competence as a leading concept in the acceptance and assessment of non-denominational spiritual care givers. By doing so, it offers a novel systematic analysis of the field and sets the agenda for future research.
在荷兰,越来越多的精神护理人员在没有得到任何教会或世界观组织认可的情况下工作。自2015年以来,这些非教派的精神护理人员可以在获得精神护理硕士学位的基础上,对他们的“精神能力”进行评估,从而获得这一领域的授权。这使他们能够获得荷兰精神护理人员专业协会(Vereniging van Geestlijk VerZorgers,VGVZ)的正式会员资格,此前他们被排除在该协会之外。VGVZ寻求确保精神护理的质量和专业性,而正式会员资格是客户或雇主通常要求的条件。VGVZ的专业标准概述了会员标准,并指出精神护理人员需要同时拥有硕士学位所产生的特定专业知识和认可或授权,以保护他们的精神能力和真实的生活精神。然而,正如本研究所表明的,《专业标准》中使用的术语相当不清楚。提到了“精神”、“世界观”和“解释学”能力,它们都处于实质性、过程性和个人能力的领域。本文批判性地考察了精神能力的概念,这是接受和评估非教派精神护理者的一个主要概念。通过这样做,它对该领域进行了新颖的系统分析,并为未来的研究制定了议程。
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This narrative describes how an art image can elicit conversation with hospice patients about their spiritual needs. It describes one conversation between the researcher (in the role of a spiritual care provider) and a hospice patient that demonstrates how an art image can serve as a metaphor, a bridge linking inner and outer worlds, and a stimulus to help those at the end of life identify and integrate aspects of self that might otherwise remain unexpressed and unresolved. One goal for spiritual care providers is to be open to painful expressions of regret and longing.
{"title":"A Weary Old Warrior: An Arts-Based Case Study in Palliative Care","authors":"F. Gelo","doi":"10.1558/HSCC.42237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/HSCC.42237","url":null,"abstract":"This narrative describes how an art image can elicit conversation with hospice patients about their spiritual needs. It describes one conversation between the researcher (in the role of a spiritual care provider) and a hospice patient that demonstrates how an art image can serve as a metaphor, a bridge linking inner and outer worlds, and a stimulus to help those at the end of life identify and integrate aspects of self that might otherwise remain unexpressed and unresolved. One goal for spiritual care providers is to be open to painful expressions of regret and longing.","PeriodicalId":37483,"journal":{"name":"Health and Social Care Chaplaincy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43276083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Oord, T. J. (2019) God can’t: How to believe in god and love after tragedy, abuse, or other evils. Grasmere, ID: SacraSage Press. 212 pp. (Pbk). ISBN: 978-1948609128.
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{"title":"Olsen, C. (2017). Loneliness: Caring for yourself and others.","authors":"Tim Mercer","doi":"10.1558/HSCC.42711","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/HSCC.42711","url":null,"abstract":"Olsen, C. (2017). Loneliness: Caring for yourself and others. Chawton: Redemptorist Publications. 62 pp. (Pbk). ISBN: 978-0852315057.","PeriodicalId":37483,"journal":{"name":"Health and Social Care Chaplaincy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43118627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bennett, Z., Graham, E., Pattison, S., & Walton, H. (2018). Invitation to research in practical theology. Abingdon: Routledge. 194 pp. (Pbk). ISBN: 9781138478565.
{"title":"Bennett, Z., Graham, E., Pattison, S., & Walton, H. (2018). Invitation to research in practical theology.","authors":"S. Nolan","doi":"10.1558/HSCC.42709","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/HSCC.42709","url":null,"abstract":"Bennett, Z., Graham, E., Pattison, S., & Walton, H. (2018). Invitation to research in practical theology. Abingdon: Routledge. 194 pp. (Pbk). ISBN: 9781138478565.","PeriodicalId":37483,"journal":{"name":"Health and Social Care Chaplaincy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47604546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Winder, B., Blagden, N., Hocken, K., Swaby, H., Lievesley, R., & Banyard, P. (eds) (2019). Sexual crime, religion and spirituality. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. 232 pp. (ebook). ISBN 978-3-030-26040-8. https:// doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26040-8
{"title":"Winder, B., Blagden, N., Hocken, K., Swaby, H., Lievesley, R., & Banyard, P. (eds) (2019). Sexual crime, religion and spirituality.","authors":"Andrew Heslop","doi":"10.1558/HSCC.42715","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/HSCC.42715","url":null,"abstract":"Winder, B., Blagden, N., Hocken, K., Swaby, H., Lievesley, R., & Banyard, P. (eds) (2019). Sexual crime, religion and spirituality. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. 232 pp. (ebook). ISBN 978-3-030-26040-8. https:// doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26040-8","PeriodicalId":37483,"journal":{"name":"Health and Social Care Chaplaincy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47343063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Savage, D. (2019) Non-Religious Pastoral Care, A Practical Guide. London and New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 170 pp, (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-138- 57839-5.
{"title":"Savage, D. (2019) Non-Religious Pastoral Care, A Practical Guide.","authors":"Geoff Morgan","doi":"10.1558/HSCC.42713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/HSCC.42713","url":null,"abstract":"Savage, D. (2019) Non-Religious Pastoral Care, A Practical Guide. London and New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 170 pp, (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-138- 57839-5.","PeriodicalId":37483,"journal":{"name":"Health and Social Care Chaplaincy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43224509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Theakston, B. (2018). Miscarriage and early baby loss: Caring for yourself and others. Chawton: Redemptorist Publications. 58 pp. (Pbk). ISBN: 9780852315163.
{"title":"Theakston, B. (2018). Miscarriage and early baby loss: Caring for yourself and others.","authors":"Linda Peall","doi":"10.1558/HSCC.42714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/HSCC.42714","url":null,"abstract":"Theakston, B. (2018). Miscarriage and early baby loss: Caring for yourself and others. Chawton: Redemptorist Publications. 58 pp. (Pbk). ISBN: 9780852315163.","PeriodicalId":37483,"journal":{"name":"Health and Social Care Chaplaincy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48241064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hird, J. (2018). Spike and the blue chair.","authors":"Viv Henderson","doi":"10.1558/HSCC.42710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/HSCC.42710","url":null,"abstract":"Hird, J. (2018). Spike and the blue chair. London: Austin Macauley Publishers. 161 pp. (Pbk). ISBN: 9781788488426.","PeriodicalId":37483,"journal":{"name":"Health and Social Care Chaplaincy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46483707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}