Hello all,

Following on from our last successful JC meeting, here is the next paper which we will be discussing on April the 16th 12:00 in room T206 at the School of Nursing.

The recent debate in the media on the private Christian Trinity Western University and it’s attempt to get a Law School approved, and opposition by the Canadian Council of Law Dean’s to a Christian law program has sparked some interest. This BC University already has a nursing program (and so UTW students and faculty sign the same Community Covenant Agreement that has caused the concern of the CCLD). Overall there is a dearth in contemporary nursing education literature on work regarding secular vs. religious nursing education, but a member of the JC has suggested in this vein the following paper on spiritual care education would be worth exploring. So this month the paper is:

McSherry W., Gretton M, Draper P, & Watson R. (2008) The ethical basis of teaching spirituality and spiritual care: A survey of student nurses perceptions. Nurse Education Today 28(8) 1002-8

You can download it from here within UBC or here using EZProxy outside the University

We look forward to seeing you at the journal club, and don’t forget to RSVP to Allana Hearn (allana.hearn@nursing.ubc.ca) if you are coming so she can order appropriate refreshments.

Have a great long weekend break,

Regards

Bernie