Spirituality in Nursing - 9781449694678

O'Brien (nursing, Catholic U. of America) provides students and nurses with a guide to the role of spirituality in nursing. She draws on research, her experiences, and interviews with patients, families, and nurses to describe a spiritual history of nursing, the assessment of spiritual needs, a theory of spiritual well-being in illness, the nurse-patient relationship, the nurse's role in spiritual care, and the spiritual needs of those with acute and chronic illnesses, children and families, and the older adult. She addresses spirituality and quality of life at the end of life, needs in death and bereavement, parish nursing, and servant leadership in nursing. Updated, this edition has two new chapters on the study of prayer in nursing and the spiritual dimension of nurses' caring behaviors, as well as new sections on caring for victims of mass casualty that focuses on accounts from survivors and witnesses of 9/11, and the impact of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It includes information on the needs of the mentally challenged person and long-term care settings in continuing care retirement communities, the latest edition of the American Nurses Association's Scope and Standards of Faith Community Nursing, and a new spirituality-centered nursing model. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)