Advanced spiritual care course for Vietnam nursing master’s program

International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
09
Article ID: 
15404
3 pages
Research Article

Advanced spiritual care course for Vietnam nursing master’s program

Nguyen Dieu Hang, Nguyen Thi Bich Tram and Ya-Lie Ku

Abstract: 

This article introduces a course of advanced spiritual care for the Vietnam nursing master’s program. The course description, goals, teaching methods, schedules, content, and evaluation process are addressed. The ultimate aim is that the Vietnam nursing master’s students in this advanced spiritual nursing care course explore their own spiritual status through reflection upon the development process and the analysis of concepts of spiritual well-being, crisis, distress, and suffering. Using basic spiritual knowledge, the Vietnam nursing students can improve their practical spiritual assessment skills to further comprehend clinical cases. The course also helps them identify their own spiritual problems through the narrative process and therapy and design spiritual interventions using therapies involving literature, music, art, and nature.

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