The Spirituality and Aging for Nurses and Social Workers course focuses on understanding and meeting the spiritual care needs of patients who are 65 or older as they experience the aging process. The course provides evidence-based knowledge, interventions, and application to empower nurses and social workers to integrate spiritual care skills in their daily patient care, regardless of a patient’s religion, spirituality, existential beliefs, or lack of stated beliefs. Course outcomes include:
- Increased awareness of the value of spiritual care as part of whole-person and patient-centered care;
- Optimal care that aligns with elder patients’ goals and values and reduces the burden of illness; and,
- Enhanced quality of life for patients ages 65 and older, and their families.
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