The purpose of this course is to raise practitioners' awareness about the role of spirituality in health and mental health, specifically how spirituality is utilized as a coping mechanism and acts as a protective factor toward stress. In addition, members of the public may use this course to enhance their personal knowledge of the subject matter presented.
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
1. Define the concepts of spirituality and religiosity.
2. Describe the historical evolution of spirituality and religiosity in the fields of nursing, medicine, social work, and mental health counseling.
3. Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of incorporating issues of spirituality into clinical practice and the challenges associated with defining and measuring spirituality.
4. Discuss the role of spirituality in the course and prognosis of health conditions.
5. Outline the role of spirituality in mental health.
6. Analyze the effects that spirituality and religion might have on coping.
7. Describe how different ethnicities or cultures define spirituality.
8. Identify spiritually sensitive assessment and intervention guidelines and possible ethical issues that might arise.
This 5-hour continuing education course is available for download for professional development; if continuing education credit is desired, please see instructions included in eBook.
