October, 2017 | Transforming Chaplaincy

Spiritual care of families in the intensive care unit

October 13, 2017 families

Prospective, qualitative study SETTING: University-affiliated children’s hospital. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-three parents of 26 children who died in the pediatric intensive care unit between [...]
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The Spiritual Needs of Parents at the Time of Their Child’s Death in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and During Bereavement: A Qualitative Study

October 13, 2017 families

OBJECTIVE: Death is common in pediatric intensive care units. A child’s death can shatter parents’ personal identities, disrupt their relationships, and challenge their worldviews. [...]
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Hospital Chaplains: Through the Eyes of Parents of Hospitalized Children

October 13, 2017 families

Background: Chaplain services are available in 68% of hospitals, but hospital chaplains are not yet incorporated into routine patient care. Objectives: To describe how families of hospitalized [...]
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An Experiential Theory of Spiritual Care in Nursing

October 13, 2017 staff

Spiritual care has been recognized as integral to nursing care for centuries, as described by Florence Nightingale, and has been studied in both medicine and sociology. Health care institutions, [...]
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Exploring the phenomenon of spiritual care between hospital chaplains and hospital based healthcare providers

October 13, 2017 staff

Hospital chaplaincy and spiritual care services are important to patients’ medical care and well-being; however, little is known about healthcare providers’ experiences receiving [...]
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