The Art and Science of Spiritual Care (ASSC)

Learning Objectives

1.  Establish the foundation for the professional nurses’ responsibility in the art and science of spiritual care. 
2. Identify and use multiple strategies to perform spiritual assessment and various ways of  communication used in spiritual care.
3. Apply appropriate spiritual interventions and tailor them to individual patient care situations.
4. Identify and overcome barriers in providing spiritual care, including barriers within one’s own understandings of what it means to be a Christian nurse.

Engagement Strategies

 Lecture, discussion, small group work, in-class case studies, in-class skill practice sessions.

Hours

•  12 hours (4 sessions, 3 hours each)