NURS303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Grey Nuns, Spiritual Practice, Nursing Theory
15 Dec 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Spirit gives life to, or animates a person. Spirituality is the center of all aspects of a person"s life, whatever gives that person ultimate meaning: helps individuals achieve balance needed to maintain health and well being and to cope with illness. Within this heritage, spirituality was more recognizable within religion. Religion provided a lens through which to acknowledge spiritual needs, express spiritual care, and pursue spiritual health. Organized nursing originated from religious orders, in which nuns were primarily responsible for providing nursing care. Earliest nursing was the sisters of charity of montreal (grey nuns), an order founded by. Florence nightingale spread around the words during the colonial era. Confidence in religion was replaced with confidence in medicine. Diverse views can influence the way patients view spirituality. Spiritual health has been defined as a connectedness with self, others and the sacred that transcends and empowers the self.
