HLT 310V- Module 1 DQ 2.docx Find the professional standards of practice for your field.

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HLT 310V- Module 1 DQ 2.docx Find the professional standards of practice for your field. Do they address spiritual care? If so, how? If not, how would you address the need for spiritual care in your ... field? Nurses seeking to perform exemplary practice refer to the American Nurses Association (ANA) for guidance in their daily practice. According to the ANA, the Standards of Practice “describe a competent level of nursing practice as demonstrated by the nursing process”, and the Standards of Professional Performance “describe a competent level of behavior in the professional role – including activities related to ethics, education, evidence-based practice and research, quality of practice, communication, leadership, collaboration, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health” (2010). Every registered nurse is expected to meet each accompanying competency at some level, and spiritual care is increasingly being recognized as an essential component of healthcare practice (McSherry & Jamieson, 2011). Although spiritual care is not directly presented in the Standards of Practice in nursing, spiritual care of patients is expected of nurses and is reflected in “nursing codes of ethics, nurse education guidelines, policy documents, and nursing guidance” (McSherry & Jamieson, 2011, ). However, “Spiritual and psychosocial needs are much less tangible than physical needs because they are often abstract, complex, and more difficult to measure” (Taylor, Lillis, & . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . [Show More]

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