Episode 240: Spirituality in Cancer Care

<p>“When we are able to connect with the things that give us meaning in our life, it makes us stronger, it makes us happier, it makes our life more fulfilled,” Caroline Peacock, ACPE certified educator, LCSW, Episcopal priest, and director of spiritual health and community care at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta, GA, said in a conversation with Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, AOCNS®, oncology clinical specialist at ONS. Peacock discussed how oncology nurses can support patients’ spirituality during cancer care. You can earn free NCPD contact hours after listening to this episode and completing the evaluation linked below.</p> <p>Music Credit: “<a href="http://www.incompetech.com/">Fireflies and Stardust</a>” by Kevin MacLeod</p> <p>Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0</p> <p>Earn 0.75 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) by listening to the full recording and completing an evaluation at myoutcomes.ons.org by December 30, 2024. The planners and faculty for this episode have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. ONS is accredited as a provider of NCPD by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.</p> <p>Learning outcome: The learner will report an increase in knowledge related to spirituality in cancer care.</p> <p><strong>Episode Notes</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://courses.ons.org/diweb/gateway/init/1/f/catalog*2Fitem*2Feid*2FP480"> Complete this evaluation for free NCPD.</a></li> <li><em>Oncology Nursing Podcast</em> <a href= "https://www.ons.org/podcasts/episode-187-critical-need-well-being-and-resiliency-and-how-practice"> Episode 187: The Critical Need for Well-Being and Resiliency and How to Practice</a></li> <li><em>ONS Voice</em> articles: <ul> <li><a href= "https://voice.ons.org/news-and-views/the-case-of-the-end-of-life-evaluation"> The Case of the End-of-Life Evaluation</a></li> <li><a href= "https://voice.ons.org/news-and-views/prevent-implicit-bias-in-pat