Deriving meaning and faith in caregiving.

OBJECTIVES: To review assessment of spiritual needs of family caregivers and four core interventions by nurses in addressing spirituality: presence, deep listening, bearing witness and compassion in action. DATA SOURCES: Literature review. CONCLUSION: Spirituality is increasingly recognized as a key domain of quality of life and essential to quality cancer care. In addition to the needs of patients, family caregivers also experience enormous spiritual needs throughout cancer diagnosis and treatment. Nurses can provide valuable spiritual assessment of family caregivers and support them as they seek support services to address spiritual needs. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Family caregiving can be a time of growth and meaning when support is provided by nurses and their colleagues.

La mejora de la calidad de los cuidados espirituales como una dimensión de los cuidados paliativos: el informe de la Conferencia de Consenso / Improving the quality of spiritual care as a dimension of palliative care: the report of the Consensus Conference

Los días 17 y 18 de febrero de 2009, en Pasadena (California, Estados unidos), se celebró una Conferencia de Consenso patrocinada por la Fundación Archstone de Long Beach (California). La conferencia se basó en el convencimiento de que el cuidado espiritual es un componente fundamental de los cuidados paliativos. Este documento, así como las recomendaciones que incluye de la conferencia, se basa en documentación previa, las directrices del Proyecto Nacional de Consenso, la Guía de Buenas Prácticas del Foro Nacional de Calidad y en presentaciones de la propia conferencia (AU)

A Consensus Conference sponsored by the Archstone Foundation of Long Beach, California, was held February 17-18, 2009, in Pasadena, California. The conference was based on the belief that spiritual care is a fundamental component of quality palliative care. This document and the conference recommendations it includes builds upon prior literature, the National Consensus Project Guidelines, and the National Quality Forum Preferred Practices and Conference proceedings (AU)

Improving the quality of spiritual care as a dimension of palliative care: the report of the Consensus Conference.

A Consensus Conference sponsored by the Archstone Foundation of Long Beach, California, was held February 17-18, 2009, in Pasadena, California. The Conference was based on the belief that spiritual care is a fundamental component of quality palliative care. This document and the conference recommendations it includes builds upon prior literature, the National Consensus Project Guidelines, and the National Quality Forum Preferred Practices and Conference proceedings.