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2023-11-27Other Open access Show more
Desafios 1 - cadernos de trans_formação
Publication . Silva, Ana Paula
2013-04Other Open access Show more
Teaching spiritual care in Portuguese nursing schools
Publication . Afonso, Ana; Sitefane, Sara; Rabiais, Isabel; Caldeira, Sílvia
Spiritual care is an essential dimension of holistic care. Organizations, such as the International Council of Nurses, mention the importance of spirituality for health and the urgency of nurses providing spiritual care. At the same time, studies show that spirituality brings benefts at the level of coping strategies both in crisis or struggling experiences, greater gratitude, facilitating forgiveness and meaning of life. However, spirituality and spiritual care seem to have been neglected and, among other factors, the lack of training in the nursing degree has been described as critical. The undergraduate nursing degree in Portugal should ensure scientifc, technical, human, and cultural training for of providing and managing general nursing care. As so, the undergraduate degree should provide the conditions to learn about spiritual care based on a holistic approach to patients, families, and communities. The school curriculum and respective syllabuses are not random, and the choice of diferent curricular units results from refexive and intentional processes in each institution. Materials and methods An exploratory study was conducted to map the explicit reference of spiritual care in the undergraduate nursing degree in all nursing schools in Portugal. Data were collected in September 2022 by searching for the spiritual* research term in the designation of the undergraduate nursing degree curricular units as displayed on the websites of the higher education institutions (HEI). Results Of the 36 HEI, none had curricular units entitled with spirituality or spiritual care. Conclusions Although it cannot be inferred that spiritual care is not addressed in the undergraduate nursing degree, as the curriculum is a form of social visibility of a discipline and a profession, these data should lead us to refect on the (in)visibility that is given to the spiritual dimension. So further studies are needed to disclose and understand how students are prepared to attend to patients in a holistic paradigm that includes attention to the spiritual dimension of health.
2023-08-21Conference object Open access Show more
Adaptation and implementation of the European matrix for teaching spiritual care to nursing students
Publication . Sitefane, Sara; Afonso, Ana; Rabiais, Isabel; Caldeira, Sílvia
Background The World Health Organization’s concept of health currently comprises eight dimensions: emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical, environmental, fnancial, occupational, and social. Including the spiritual dimension [1] represents an essential milestone in recognizing its positive impact on health, well-being, and quality of life. In this sense, nursing students’ acquisition and development of spiritual care skills are required, particularly in undergraduate nursing degrees. Also, the evidence demonstrates the positive relationship between spiritual education and spiritual competencies, emphasizing the need for spiritual education as an integral and regular part of the undergraduate nursing curriculum. Regardless of this evidence, the educational strategies for improving and developing undergraduate nursing students’ skills and competencies are scarce and should be urgently considered as nurses and midwives still report feeling unprepared for providing spiritual care. Recently, the EPICC project (Nurses’ and Midwives’ Competence in Providing Spiritual Care through Innovative Education and Compassionate Care)[2] has been implemented as a turning point in nursing education for spiritual care and spirituality, through a systematic, consensual, and efective response, by involving multiple partners and experts from diferent European countries. Portugal has been a participant in that Erasmus-funded project. Materials and methods This Ph.D. project concerns the translation, adaptation, and implementation of the EPICC matrix. First, a translation and cultural adaptation process will be conducted according to the core project guidelines [3]. Then the matrix for education and assessing spiritual care competencies will be implemented in a pilot study in a Portuguese nursing school involving undergraduate nursing students. Results The core project guidelines represent V stage of the cross-cultural adaptation process. The preliminary results point to the beginning of stage III with the back translation of the synthesized written version of the EPICC Spiritual Care Education Standard and EPICC Spiritual Care Competency Self-assessment tool. Stage I (initial translation with written reports of each – T1 and T2) and Stage II (synthesis of the translations to version T12) of the translation and cultural adaptation of the EPICC matrix are already concluded. Conclusions This innovative project could help improve Portuguese schools’ nursing curricula from an evidence-based perspective.
2023-08-21Conference object Open access Show more
O refugiado climático - uma nova categoria político-jurídica
Publication . Pereira, Alexandra
Climate change has given rise to increasing phenomena involving the displacement of affected people or groups across different regions or countries around the world. Climate displacement accompanies global inequalities. However, the concept of climate refugees corresponds to a status of legal-political protection that has not been internationally recognized yet. Based on a systematic literature review comparing definitions of the category of “climate refugees” proposed by different authors, as well as based on online media data, I propose a broader and more humanistic definition for the concept of “climate refugees”. Desirably, contributing to the societal debate on the harmonized international legal framework required for the recognition of such legal protection status and juridical-political category. Thus, I open the way to a definition of “climate refugees” within the framework of integral human development and its correlative concept of integral ecology.
2023-04-06Conference object Open access Show more