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Nurse Virtues:

Foundation of Ethics & Spiritual Care Course

Philosophy of virtues: faith; hope; love; prudence; courage; justice & temperance as applied to

nurses and nursing practice highlighting

Spiritual Distress and Moral Injury.

Chaplain Teresa D. Sipos, DMin., MSEd, BSN, RN

This continuing education activity was approved by the Ohio Nurses Association, an Ohio Board of Nursing approver (OBN-001-91). Three (3) contact hours will be awarded.

Course $29.99. Discount for students and NACN members. Includes free monthly discussion

NURSES

            Trinity Counseling LLC: Spiritual Health Education

Teresa Durbak Sipos DMin, RN Trinity Counseling LLC: Spiritual Health Education 

Nurse Virtues: Foundation of Ethics & Spiritual Care

DESCRIPTION OF COURSE: 

On-line 3 hour recorded lecture with PowerPoint slides, followed by a brief evaluation form and post-test requiring 70% pass rate.

COURSE CONTENT: 

Introduce Philosophy of Virtues and Vices
Integrate virtues into patient care as nursing interventions for Spiritual Distress
Integrate virtues for nurses, addressing Moral Injury and nurse depression/suicide
Encourage nurses to provide emergent spiritual care/holistic care/clinical pastoral care
Research and examples
Encourage discussion with your peers
Follow for more Nurse-Chaplain teachings on the Spirit of Nursing

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Participant will recall correct definitions of virtue’s vocabulary, the foundations of ethics and spiritual care, as measured by an 80% correct completion test response demonstrated immediately at the end of the course.
2. Participant is invited to reflect on the virtue’s vocabulary and demonstrate understanding of these concepts by applying this knowledge to the individual nurse regarding Moral Injury.

LEARNING ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT METHOD:

Criteria for successful completion: 

1.Attendance at entire event or session;
2.Completion/submission of an evaluation form;
3.Achieving passing score of 70% on a post-test.

REFERENCES: 

Arvonio, Maria Marra. "Cultural Compentency, autonomy, and spiritual conflicts related to Reiki/CAM therapies: Should patients be informed?" The Linacre Quarterly 2014: 47-56.

Association, American Nurses Association and American Holistic Nurses. Holistic Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, Third Edition. Silver Springs, Maryland: American Nurses Association and American Holistic Nurses Association, 2019. [Instuctor will provide excerpts]

Aquinas, Thomas. Summa Theologica Complete American edition translated by Faithers of the English Dominican Province. Claremont, California: Coyote Canyon Press, 2018.

Bishops, Committee on Doctrine of the United States Conference of Catholic. "Ethical and Religious Directives for the Catholic Health Care Service, Sixth Edition." Directives. Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2019. 1-42. [can be downloaded free]

Brykczynska, Gosia. Blessed Hanna Chrzanowska, RN: A Nurse of Mercy. Stockbridge, MA: Marian Press, 2019. [Instructor will provide a free copy of "Nurses's Examination of Conscience"]

Judy Davidson, Janet Mendis, Amy R. Stuck, Gianni DeMichele, and Sidney Zisook. "Nurse Suicide: Breaking the Silence." National Academy of Medicine. January 8, 2018. https://nam.edu/nurse-suicide-breaking-the-silence/ (accessed September 6, 2018).

Miller, Elliot. "Theophostic Prayer Ministry (Part One)." Christian Research Journal, Volume 29, Number 2 http://www.equip.org, 2006.

VanderWeele, Tyler J, Alexander Tsai, Ichiro Kawachi, Shanshan Li. "Association Between Religious Service Attendance and Lower Suicide Rates Among US Women." JAMA Psychiatry, 2016: 845-51.

*On-line article on suffering:

https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1984/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_11021984_salvifici-doloris.html

*ANA resource on religion and cultures:

Cultural and Religious Sensitivity: A Pocket Guide for Health Care Professionals, Third, Expanded Edition (item # CSB18) store.jcrinc.com/shopping-cart/ 

American Nurses Association and American Holistic Nurses Association Holistic Nursing, 3rd Ed.: Scope and Standards of Practice. (Silver Spring, MD: ANA & AHNA, 2000), 32. 

American Nurses Association and the Health Ministries Association. Faith Community Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 3rd Edition. (Silver Spring, MD: ANA & HMA, 2017), 14-15. 

*On-line article on nursing founder's faith:

Nightingale, Florence, and Lynn McDonald, Editor. The Collected Works of Florence Nightingale "Nightingales Spiritual Journey", (2001), https://cwfn.uoguelph.ca/

See Jeff Cavins podcasts #116 "If deadly sins had babies, part 1", May 17, 2019 & # 117 "If deadly sins had babies, part 2", May 24, 2019.

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