Intentional spiritual care for sick children: A beacon for decreasing stress and nurturing spirituality

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2021-06-29 DOI:10.1080/1364436X.2021.1945548

Kathleen I. Harris

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Every family who enters a hospital is on a personal journey. The awareness of that particular journey allows us to make more intentional and purposeful choices about how health and medical professionals want to be spiritually involved with each child and family. Spiritual care for sick children raises an important concern for health and medical professionals. The purpose of this article is to introduce the role of children’s spirituality in administering intentional spiritual care for the hearts, minds, and spirits of sick children and their families in health care settings. Characteristics and principles of intentional spiritual care are discussed along with a variety of activities and interventions healthcare professionals can use effectively when taking care of the spiritual needs of young patients in hospitals. By conducting an ethnographic research study and collecting data as a participant-observer, the author documented activities with hospitalised children and how medical personnel nurtured and supported their spiritual domain.

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为生病的孩子提供有意的精神关怀:减少压力和培养灵性的灯塔

每个进入医院的家庭都是在进行一次个人旅程。对这一特殊旅程的认识使我们能够做出更有意和有目的的选择，即健康和医疗专业人员希望如何在精神上与每个孩子和家庭联系在一起。对患病儿童的精神关怀引起了卫生和医疗专业人员的重大关切。这篇文章的目的是介绍儿童的精神在管理有意的精神护理的作用，为心灵，思想和精神生病的儿童和他们的家庭在卫生保健机构。讨论了有意精神护理的特点和原则，以及医疗保健专业人员在照顾医院年轻患者的精神需求时可以有效使用的各种活动和干预措施。通过开展民族志研究并作为参与者-观察员收集数据，提交人记录了与住院儿童的活动以及医务人员如何培养和支持他们的精神领域。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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