Category Archive for: "spiritual assessment"

Recovering Religious Voice and Imagination: A Response to Nolan’s Case Study ‘He Needs to Talk!’

January 20, 2019 interventions, spiritual assessment

In Nolan’s case study, “He Needs to Talk!”: A Chaplain’s Response to Nonreligious Spiritual Care,” he asks an important question: “What is distinctive about [...]
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Improving sensitivity of volunteers for spiritual stress with patients in palliative care

January 20, 2019 interventions, spiritual assessment

Introduction: Volunteers in care focused roles are definitely the persons in palliative care who spend the most time with patients. But are they sufficiently equipped to recognise signals of [...]
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The Multidimensional Existential Meaning Scale: A tripartite approach to measuring meaning in life

January 20, 2019 interventions, spiritual assessment

To address conceptual difficulties and advance research on meaning in life (MIL), it may be useful to adopt a tripartite view of meaning as consisting of comprehension, purpose, and mattering. [...]
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A Novel Picture Guide to Improve Spiritual Care and Reduce Anxiety in Mechanically Ventilated Adults in the Intensive Care Unit

January 20, 2019 interventions, spiritual assessment, Uncategorized

RATIONALE: Hospital chaplains provide spiritual care that helps patients facing serious illness cope with their symptoms and prognosis, yet because mechanically ventilated patients cannot speak, [...]
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Myths and Systems: A Response to ‘He Needs to Talk!’: A Chaplain’s Case Study of Nonreligious Spiritual Care

January 20, 2019 interventions, spiritual assessment

In response to Chaplain Steve Nolan’s case study, “He Needs to Talk: A Chaplain’s Case Study of Nonreligious Spiritual Care,” this article presents two areas for further [...]
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