HOLY INFANT COLLEGE

Tacloban City

Course Syllabus

SPIRITUAL CARE NURSING

Instructor: Atty. Vincent Q. Piga, MAN, RN, LPT

Course Description: The course deals with the history, philosophy, theories, principles, process,
modes and interventions of spiritual care. Emphasis is made on the process of spiritual formation
and the role of nurses in providing spiritual care.

Course Objective: The Course is designed to enable the learner to know, understand, explain
articulate, and apply the principles, theories, strategies of spiritual needs of patients and to
demonstrate the traits and characteristics that reflect the holistic development of a nurse.

Course Credit: Two (2) Units

Recommended Book:

Course Outline:

I. History of Spiritual Care Nursing

II. The Nature of Spirituality
III. Spiritual Needs
IV. How Nursing Today View Spiritual Care
V. Concepts, Theories, and applications in the care of the Human Spirit
VI. Ethics in Spiritual Care Nursing
VII. Nurse's Role in Spiritual Care
VIII. Patients Needing Spiritual Care
IX. Personal Spiritual Development
X. Challenges of Spiritual Care Nursing

Grading System: 75% Passing Rate on all quizzes, exams and reports/projects.

Evaluation: 20 point quiz per meeting, oral and written reports, long exams, oral exams

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