ABSTRACT

Spirituality and Coping with Loss: End of Life Healthcare Practice describes a research study that reflects nurses’ experience of the nature of loss encountered in end of life care settings as well as the ways in which spirituality is a resource in coping in these situations. Key findings indicate how nurses’ spiritual development impacts their proficiency in spiritual care. These findings will be of interest to nurses and nurse educators as well as other healthcare professionals.

part 1|1 pages

Setting the Scene

chapter 1|3 pages

Introduction: the point of the study

chapter 2|9 pages

The choice of approach

chapter 3|17 pages

An outline of what was already known

chapter 4|5 pages

Involving nurses as research participants

chapter 5|7 pages

Analysis of experience shared

part 2|1 pages

Impact of Loss as a Context of Care

chapter 7|7 pages

Accessing support to help patients cope

chapter 8|5 pages

Impact of loss on nurses

chapter 9|10 pages

Belonging as the means of nurses coping

part 3|1 pages

The Impact of Process of Care on Nurses’ Proficiency in Spiritual Care

chapter 10|14 pages

Belief as the pillar of spirituality

chapter 11|12 pages

Being a ‘spiritual carer’

chapter 12|14 pages

Becoming profi cient in spiritual care

part 4|2 pages

Implications for Education and Practice

chapter 13|4 pages

Work culture

chapter 14|6 pages

Role of belief in meaning making

chapter 16|4 pages

Discipline in self-care