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Design and development of a spiritual ca...
Spiritual care to become part of Welsh n...
Talking about spiritual matters: First y...
Citation Kuven, B. M., & Giske, T. (2019). Talking about spiritual matters: First year nursing students’ experiences of an assignment on spiritual conversations. Nurse Education Today, 75. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2019.01.012 Abstract Background Spiritual care is part of holistic nursing. However, nurses have reported that their education does not sufficiently prepare them for spiritual care in practice. […]
Education in the field of nursing spirit...
Sorry for the delay in posting this, but have not forgotten! On the 9th August 2018, our EPICC Participants from Poland, Dr. Beata Dobrowolska and Joanna Żołnierz, along with Alina Deluga, provided the project team with information of how they disseminated information on the EPICC project to their Association for Spiritual Care in Medicine (Faculty […]
The Spirituality of Children with Chroni...
Citation Damsma Bakker, A., van Leeuwen, R. R., & Roodbol, P. F. (2018). The spirituality of children with chronic conditions: A qualitative meta-synthesis. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 43, e106-e113. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2018.08.003 Free access to new article on spiritual needs of children with chronic condition for a limited time (until 11 January, 2019)! Specific categories of […]
Integrating spiritual care into nursing ...
Citation Cone, P. H., & Giske, T. (2018). Integrating spiritual care into nursing education and practice: Strategies utilizing Open Journey Theory. Nurse Education Today, 71, 22-25. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2018.08.015 Abstract Throughout nursing, spirituality is a recognized domain of patient care, but nurses feel ill prepared by their nursing education to provide care that is spiritual in […]
New journal article about spiritual care...
The main output of the EPICC project is to develop a Gold Standard Matrix for spiritual care education for pre-registration nurses and midwives. It is important that this Matrix is evidence based. This new journal article, based on a large international sample, provides new evidence on how students develop spiritual care competency and the factors […]
A milestone for spiritual care education...
The EPICC project is on the road! A major step forward is made in teaching and learning about spiritual care education in nursing and midwifery in Europe. From 30th October until 3rd November, the first Teaching and Learning Event of the EPICC project took place in Zwolle in the Netherlands. Viaa Christian University of Applied […]
Multiplier Event 1 – EU project champion
We have been reflecting on the very successful start to the EPICC project that we launched at April’s Multiplier Event 1 (ME1), Staffordshire University. The feedback was extremely positive and the event established a really good foundation as we work towards building a European network of nursing and midwifery educators. We are now busily preparing […]