Presented by: Renee Kumpula, EdD, MA, RN, PHN, FCN
Date: Thursday, June 5, 2025
Time: 6 pm to 7 pm Central Time on Zoom
Description: Spiritual care is a necessary support when anyone is confronted with difficult diagnoses, chronic illness, or palliative and end-of-life care. Nurses know holistic nursing interventions and spiritual care are essential and they often share a mutual experience with those they serve. Increasingly, nurses are confronted with expectations to provide effective spiritual support necessary for a range of practices and choices. This session will explore the factors and strategies that affect nurses’ effectiveness in providing spiritual care.
Bio: Dr. Renee Kumpula is an Associate Professor and Graduate Research Faculty at Minnesota State University, Mankato (MNSU) in undergraduate through doctoral programs including teaching courses in Evidence-based practice; end-of life, elder care, vulnerable populations, family crisis, and public health; and healthcare policy and leadership. Her nursing experience includes acute care, public health nursing, community nursing, palliative and hospice care nursing, faith community nursing, and leadership across settings. Her research interests and expertise include palliative and end-of-life nursing, spiritual care, adult learning theory, continuing professional development and continuing education, and interprofessional teams. She has been engaged with various faith communities and professional organizations throughout her career.
Learning outcomes:
1. Identify 2 ways nurses develop their capacity to recognize spiritual needs.
2. Describe 2 strategies for providing holistic spiritual care.
Disclosure:
Approval Statement: This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Learner Outcomes: Upon completion, the learner will be able to:
1. Identify 2 ways nurses develop their capacity to recognize spiritual needs.
2. Describe 2 strategies for providing holistic spiritual care.
Criteria for successful completion: The participant must attend all of the activity and complete the self-evaluation and post-test at 75%.
Relevant financial relationship: This educational activity does not include any content that relates to the products and/or services of an ineligible company with whom there is a financial relationship.
Commercial support: There is no commercial support being received for this event.
Expiration date: June 5, 2025 to June 4, 2027.
Registration: CNE 1.0 ANCC contact hours.
You will have 10 days to complete the video and submit the evaluation for 1.0 ANCC contact hour.
$20 for Members; $40 for Nonmembers
Register: www.fcninternational.org
