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Undergraduate Course: Spirituality and Health Care (NUST10004)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Health in Social Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaNursing Studies Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionUntil quite recently 'spirituality' as a topic was largely absent from the nursing curriculum, and perhaps from the workplace. Now, however, the volume of literature on spirituality in nursing and in helathcare is increasing, as is the range of methods and approaches to inquiry on this topic. The quality of argument in the literature is developign accordingly. A continuing theme is the claim by some writers that nurses hsould, and do/but do not, take account of patients' 'spiritual needs' and a 'spiritual dimension'. Other writers have challenged the way the topic is being developed in nursing and healthcare discourses. In additon, the Scottish Health Department has initiated a process in which Trusts and other care providers need to demonstrate how they are tiaking account of and responding to needs for spiritual care. In light of these developmetns, debates and disputes, this course presents the topic as a matter for discussion. Students taking the course will explore the substance of the conflicting views, which offer a 'case study' in the development of, and contesting of a 'new' topic in nursing discourse, practice and education. The principal aim of the course is to provide opportunities for investigating how 'spirituality' is related to nrusing and health care practice.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Nursing 1 (NUST08001) AND Nursing 2 (NUST08006) AND Health and Society 1A (NUST08002) AND Health and Society 1B (NUST08003) AND Health and Society 2A (NUST08004) AND Health and Society 2B (NUST08005) AND Research and Inquiry in Nursing (NUST10007) AND The Nature of Nursing (NUST10012) AND Pathology and Patient Care (NUST10013) AND Organisation and Management of Health Care (NUST10014) OR The Nature of Mental Health Nursing (NUST10017) AND Therapeutics and Patient Care (NUST10016) AND Politics and Management of Mental Illness (NUST10015)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Evaluate cirtically arguments based on research in the field; relate the claims made in the literature to practice in general or in a particular area of nursing or other health care practice; appraise the implications for practice of literature in this field; and critically analyse individual texts and synthesise views from various literature.
Assessment Information
1 course paper 4,000 - 4,500 words
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Stephen Tilley
Tel: (0131 6)50 3881
Email: S.Tilley@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Joanna Claydon
Tel: (0131 6)51 3967
Email: Jo.Claydon@ed.ac.uk
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