Spirituality: Living With Connectedness is designed to assist participating nurses and students in developing confidence and competence in integrating spirituality into their practice. Users are encouraged to address and nurture their own spirituality and recognize spirituality in everyday life as a means of effectively assessing the spiritual concerns of their patients. This insightful text discusses methods of heightening spirituality such as prayer, meditation and mindfulness; bodywork, touch and movement; rest and leisure; music and ritual; and play and creativity, that can be applied both personally and professionally. More Reviews and Recommendations

Margaret a. Burkhardt, Ph.D., RN, CS, HNC is currently Director of Healing Matters, Beckley WV, and Family Nurse Practitioner at Gulf Family Practice, Sophia, West Virginia. She has practiced holistic nursing for over twenty years, and is an active memeber of the American Holistic Nurses Association. She has published numerous articles and co-authored two books on spirituality and holistic care.Mary Gail Nagai-Jacobson, MSN, RN is director of Healing Matters in San Marcos, TX. She has practiced nursing in a variety of settings, including hospitals and long-term care institutions (medical-surgical, rehabilitation, oncology, psychiatric-mental health), and communitysettings (hospice, mental health). She has been especially interested in the meanings of the experiences of health and illness for individuals, families, and communities. She has presented workshops and published many articles on spirituality and healing, emphasizing the significance of relationships in the course of illness and healing that she has learned through both professional and personal experience. Through personal study and involvement in healing ministry, she explores and promotes more conscious spiritual living and the integration of spirituality into health care. She offers workshops, seminars, and consultation to nurses and others on spirituality and healing, caring for ourselves as spiritual beings, and integrating spirituality into healing practice.

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