Enhancing Nurses’ and Midwives’ Competence in Providing Spiritual Care, 1st ed. 2021 Through Innovative Education and Compassionate Care

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This book is the first of its kind, addressing key issues in the teaching and learning of spirituality and spiritual care in the context of nursing and midwifery practice. The content is based on the outcomes of a European-wide project (EPICC) that brought together leading nursing and midwifery educators and practitioners from 21 countries. It highlights the importance of ensuring student nurses? and midwives receive sufficient educational preparation to provide spiritual/person-centred care.

In turn, the book puts forward an innovative and creative approach to the teaching of spiritual/person-centred care, based on an evaluation of best practice across Europe. The content and activities presented will enable nursing and midwifery educators to acquire new knowledge/skills for learning about and teaching on the personal, religious and spiritual aspects of person-centred care. Both interactive and engaging, it will equip nursing and midwifery students to holistically address the needs of the people they care for.

The book has the potential to transform the nursing and midwifery workforce of the future by ensuring they are prepared to face the global challenges that are impacting international nursing and midwifery practice.

Introduction.- Spirituality and Spiritual Care.- Educational Context/Evidence and Exploration of Professionals fields of Nursing and Midwifery.- Self-Care.- Competence #1: Intrapersonal.- Competence #2: Interpersonal.- Competence #3: Spiritual Care, Assessment and Planning.- Competence #4: Spiritual Care, Intervention and Evaluation.- Conclusion.

Wilfred McSherry is a Professor in Nursing working in a joint appointment between Department of Nursing, School of Health and Social Care, Staffordshire University and the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust United Kingdom and part-time Professor at VID University College, Bergen/Oslo, Norway.

Wilf has had a career in nursing working as a Registered Nurse primarily within Acute Hospital Care with a focus upon care of the older person and end of life care. His interest in the spiritual dimension developed alongside a realisation that this aspect of care was neglected and forgotten by some healthcare professionals. He has published extensively in this field with several books and many articles addressing different aspects of the spiritual dimension. In 2010 Wilf led on a piece of work for the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) exploring members perceptions of spirituality.

Wilf is a founding and executive committee member of the International Networkfor the Study of Spirituality (Formerly British Association for The Study of Spirituality) https://spiritualitystudiesnetwork.org/ and a Principal Fellow of The Higher Education Academy. In 2012 he was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing for his unique contribution to nursing in the areas of spirituality and dignity. Wilf co-led a European project titled Enhancing Nurses Competence in Providing Spiritual Care through Innovation Education and Compassionate Care (EPICC) and is member of the EPICC Steering Group [http://epicc-network.org]

Dr. Adam J. Boughey currently works full-time as a Lecturer in Adult Nursing and Post-Doctoral Researcher at Staffordshire University, UK. Adam previously worked as a Research Associate and Project Manager for the EPICC project. Having originally trained as an Adult Nurse in 2004 at Keele University, and worked in both primary (community) and secondary (acute) care, Adam attended Staffor

Provides a dynamic and interactive text that has been co-produced by leading experts in the fields of nursing and midwifery practice, education and research Offers a unique resource for nursing and midwifery educators and students, helping them develop a new awareness and enhance their expertise in the area of spiritual care Reports the outcomes of an Erasmus+ K2 Strategic Partnership project that involved over 40 nursing and midwifery educators, key stakeholders and students from 18 European countries