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Application to practice guidelines
Author(s) -
Hudson Rosalie
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of older people nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.707
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1748-3743
pISSN - 1748-3735
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2008.00118.x
Subject(s) - theme (computing) , variety (cybernetics) , general partnership , spirituality , nursing , engineering ethics , nursing practice , health care , focus (optics) , work (physics) , psychology , sociology , medicine , political science , alternative medicine , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , pathology , artificial intelligence , law , operating system
Drawing on the international literature for 2006 as discussed in the previous paper, this paper explores key issues for translating the evidence into practice. It brings the themes of ageing, spirituality and nursing more sharply into focus, providing practical suggestions for care in a variety of settings. Taking seven identified themes into consideration, the paper draws out implications for practice from each theme. This discussion is intended to provide encouragement for nurses to consider the spiritual domain in holistic care, not as an optional extra but as the centre of a dynamic partnership with the older people in their care. The paper concludes with recommendations for further research and development work.