Spiritual Care Matters

An Online Resource

Spiritual Care in UWS Three academic studies in ‘UWS’ exploring various

aspects of spiritual care in the pre-registration nursing curriculum.

All acknowledged the lack of spiritual care in the curriculum and the need to have a structured approach to spiritual care education.

Agreed Agenda: Form a Spiritual Care Education Group – UWS & NHS partners Introduce Spiritual Care in Year One (Common Foundation

Programme) Produce resources/materials to support teaching staff to

integrate spiritual care as part of holistic care. Explore ways of assisting staff and students to meet their

spiritual needs. Consider the educational needs of qualified staff in

conjunction with our NHS partners.

NES Spiritual Care Matters & UWS

NES gave us the ‘kick start’ start we need. Identified the interested parties in UWS. Made contact with our NHS partners. Formed the (School) Spiritual Education Group.

NES Application Online/eLearning Pack – for use in the Common

Foundation Programme.

As part of the wider agenda: a) Production of resources for the Branch Programmes b) Support an application from NHS Lanarkshire for a conference for a local ‘launch’ of Spiritual Care

Matters.

Resource hierarchy: 7 Sections1. Introduction2. Spiritual care – a key concept; use of

chaplaincy and spiritual care services 3. Communicating, Reflecting and Spiritual Self-

awareness 4. Spiritual history taking and the use of stories 5. Spirituality, Equality, Diversity and

Organisational Spirituality 6. Bereavement and Loss 7. Religious Care

Section 0 – Online Resource Tour

Sections

Overview

Content

Activity

Summary

Further Information

Page 1Page 1

Page 1Page n

Hyperlink

Quiz question

Quotation / case study

Functionality/Student Activity

Links to NES document Whole document Specific pages

Quiz Questions Question types – MCQ, Multiple Response, Text entry Correct feedback Incorrect feedback

Real life scenarios – quotes/narratives from publication

Pop-ups More information Hints to quiz questions

Where are we at today?

We missed the deadline for the January 2010 cohort.

The pack has been produced and piloted amongst staff and interested parties.

It will be launched on 24th May 2010 to 370 student nurses across the four campuses.

It will be introduced to senior managers and clinicians in NHS Lanarkshire on 2nd June 2010.

In July/August 2010 it will be evaluated and any changes made.