Spiritual Assessment

Course Code: REL-ACU-0-SPA

Hours: 1

Type: Online Course

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2026

Learning Objectives:
Determine the current state of spiritual inclusion in healthcare and relevant assessment tools to address spiritual care in practice.
Identify at least two nursing interventions to support enhanced spiritual nursing care.

Outline:

Section 1: Introduction

About This Course

Learning Objectives

Section 2: Spirituality in Healthcare

Overview

The Connection Between Spirituality and Health

The Current State of Practice

Review

Section 3: Spiritual Assessment

Nursing Assessment

Review

Section 4: Nursing Considerations

Cultural Considerations

Spiritual Distress

Nursing Interventions

Chaplain Consultation

Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC)

Swanson’s Caring Theory

Nursing Outcomes

Section 5: Clinical Vignette

Admission Assessment

Section 6: Conclusion

Course Summary

Resources

References

Writer: Monica Caicedo Orellana, MS, RN, OCN

Monica Caicedo Orellana, MS, RN, OCN, is an SME writer for Relias with over 20 years of acute care experience in nursing. She has served in several leadership roles in the acute care setting, the medical-surgical division, and as a nurse educator. She has mentored nurses in renal and oncology specialties. She has been involved in various institutional committees and quality improvement projects. Monica is passionate about professional nursing standards and fostering an environment of continuous lifelong learning as an instrument to improve patient care. 

Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Nurses; in the following settings: Acute Care Facility.

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To earn continuing education credit for this course you must achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation.

Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.