March, 2019 | Transforming Chaplaincy

The Spiritual Needs of Community-Dwelling Older People Living With Early-Stage Dementia – A Qualitative Study

March 17, 2019 diseases

PURPOSE: To explore the spiritual needs of community-dwelling older people living with early-stage dementia. DESIGN: A descriptive qualitative research design with purposive sampling was used. [...]
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Evidence-based EMS chaplaincy

March 11, 2019 News

Dr. Russ Myers, EMS Chaplain for Allina Health, recently published an article in EMS Chaplaincy. You can read the article there and a summary at EMS1.com. Myers notes that Professional chaplains [...]
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Spiritual Uncertainty Among Hospice Providers: “There Were Tensions”

March 10, 2019 palliative care

How providers of end-of-life care perceive spirituality both within themselves and for others can directly impact their ability to provide spiritual care to patients and families. Uncertainty [...]
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Spiritually Sensitive Intervention to Mitigate Depressive Symptoms Among Hospitalized Children Affected With Congenital Heart Diseases: Insights for Holistic Pediatric Nursing

March 10, 2019 nursing

This article reports on an experiment in 28 pediatric hospitals across 14 African and Asian cities. The aim was to examine the effect of a customized spiritually sensitive intervention (SSI) on [...]
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The barriers and facilitators in providing spiritual care for parents who have children suffering from cancer

March 10, 2019 oncology

BACKGROUND: Given the importance of spirituality in crisis situations including life-threatening diseases such as cancer, paying due attention to this aspect of care is of great importance. This [...]
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