Faith and Nursing Symposium
Religion and Ethics in Pluralistic Healthcare Contexts
Trinity Western University, Langley, B.C.
May 10 – 12th, 2012
Program
Program Overview
Day 1 (Thursday, May 10th, 2012)
7 - 9 p.m.
Registration and Conference Opening Reception
Day 2 (Friday, May 11th, 2012)
8 a.m.
Registration (Coffee, Breakfast)
8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Conference Opening
8:45 a.m.
Plenary -- Beth Johnston Taylor, “What Does Spirituality Mean to Nursing?”
9:45 a.m.
Poster Overviews
10:15 a.m.
Morning Coffee
10:45 a.m.
Concurrent Session 1
12:45 p.m.
Lunch
1:45 p.m.
Plenary -- Marsha Fowler, “Religious Ethics: What Are the Imperatives and the Risks?”
2:45 p.m.
Panel of Book Authors (Moderator: Jan Storch)
4 p.m.
Book Signing and Reception
5:30 p.m.
BBQ Dinner
7 p.m.
Public Panel (Jas Cheema, Janice Clarke, Rani Srivastava, Evelyn Voyageur)
Day 3 (Saturday, May 12th, 2012)
8 a.m.
Registration (Coffee, Breakfast)
8:30 a.m.
Plenary -- Sonya Grypma, “Angels of Mercy? Religion, History and Nursing Identity”
9:15 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
10:15 a.m.
Morning Coffee
10:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
12:15 a.m.
Lunch
1:15 p.m.
Plenary – Donal O’Mathuna, “A Christian Perspective on Health Care Ethics in Pluralistic
Societies”
2 p.m.
Afternoon Tea
2:30 p.m.
Workshop – “Nursing at the Borderlands of Religious and Cultural Plurality”
4 p.m.
Closing Remarks
6 p.m.
Conference Dinner
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Day 1 (Thursday, May 10th, 2012)
7 - 9 p.m.
Registration and Conference Opening Reception
2nd floor, RSC
Day 2 (Friday, May 11th, 2012)
8 a.m.
Registration (Coffee, Breakfast)
NWB Foyer
8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Conference Opening
NWB Auditorium
8:45 a.m.
Plenary
Beth Johnston Taylor
“What Does Spirituality Mean to Nursing?”
Chair: Rick Sawatzky
Respondent: Barb Pesut
NWB Auditorium
9:45 a.m.
Poster Overviews
NWB Auditorium
10:15 a.m.
Morning Coffee
NWB 106A
10:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions #1
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Philosophical Considerations (Moderator: Rick Sawatzky)
Auditorium
10:45 a.m. Darlane Jantzen, “Teaching Orientating Values: A Puzzling Necessity”
11:15 a.m. Bart Cusveller, “Empirical Ethics and Moral Formation in Nursing Students”
11:45 a.m. Caroline Porr, “Are Nurses Regulated by Codifiable Rules of Ethical Conduct or by Personal
Morality or Both?”
12:15 p.m. Barb Pesut, “Can I be a Naturalistic Nurse? A Conversation between Religious Ethics and
Naturalistic Ethics in Nursing”
Nurses’ Professional Practice (Moderator: Catherine Hoe Eriksen)
NWB 102
10:45 a.m. Maggie Theron, “Developing the Spirit Within: The Stories of Four Dedicated Nurses in
South Africa”
11:15 a.m. Sue Styles, “Understanding Spirituality: Perspectives of Perioperative Nurses in Canada”
11:45 a.m. Julie Fraser, “Nursing Professional Practice – An Evolutionary Concept Analysis”
Nursing Education (Moderator: Faith Richardson)
NWB 106
10:45 a.m. Tove Giske, “How to Facilitate Undergraduate Students’ Learning Process in Spiritual
Care?”
11:15 a.m. Pamela Cone, “Emergent Teaching and Learning Theories for Preparing Undergraduate
Nursing Students in Spiritual Care”
11:45 a.m. Deborah Gibson and Barbara Astle, “What are the Ethical Implications of the Integration
of Religion and Spirituality into Nursing Curricula?”
12:15 p.m. Nancy Kofoed, “Reflection from a Spiritual Perspective: Teaching Nursing Students”
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12:45 p.m.
Lunch
1:45 p.m.
Plenary
Marsha Fowler
“Religious Ethics: What Are the Imperatives and the Risks?”
Chair: Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham
RSC Cafeteria
NWB Auditorium
2:45 p.m.
Panel of Book Authors
NWB Auditorium
Moderator: Jan Storch
Authors: Marsha Fowler, Janice Clarke, Sonya Grypma, Beth Johnston Taylor, Barb Pesut, Savitri
Singh-Carlson & Harjit Kaur, Barb Pesut, Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham, Rick Sawatzky, Rani Srivastava
4 p.m.
Book Signing and Reception
NWB Foyer
5:30 p.m.
BBQ Dinner
RSC Cafeteria
7 p.m.
Public Panel
“A MultiFaith Dialogue on Diversity and Health Care Services”
Panelists: Jas Cheema, Janice Clarke, Rani Srivastava, Evelyn Voyageur
Day 3 (Saturday, May 12th, 2012)
8 a.m.
Registration (Coffee, Breakfast)
8:30 a.m.
Plenary
Sonya Grypma
“Angels of Mercy? Religion, History and Nursing Identity”
Chair: Landa Terblanche
Respondent: Kathy Schoonover-Schoffner
NWB 106A
NWB Auditorium
9:15 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions #2
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Innovating Nursing Education (Moderator: Barb Astle)
Auditorium
9:15 a.m. Hua Yuan & Caroline Porr, “Integrating Spirituality into a Baccalaureate Nursing Program in
Mainland China”
9:45 a.m. Karen Barss , “Spirituality and Health: An Online Undergraduate Nursing Open Elective to
Promote Ethical Holistic Practice in the Pluralistic Healthcare Context”
Ethical Decision-making (Moderator: Heather Meyerhoff)
NWB 102
9:15 a.m. Melania Calestani, “Can Kidney Transplantation Be Affected by Religion?”
9:45 a.m. Mary Tao, Karen Crosby-Rolston, & Rae Ramsden, “Addressing Ethical Dilemmas in End-ofLife Issues through Case Studies”
Considering Context (Moderator: Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham)
NWB 106
9:15 a.m. Philip Crowell, “Providing Nursing Care in ‘Insane Places’: Attending to Spiritual Crisis and
Moral Distress”
9:45 a.m. Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham, Marie Cochrane, & Dorolen Wolfs, “Across the Threshold:
Religious, Spiritual, and Cultural Plurality in Home Health”
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10:15 a.m.
Morning Coffee
NWB 106A
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10:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions #3
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Globalizing Nursing: Yesterday and Today (Moderator: Darlane Pankratz )
Auditorium
10:45 a.m. Martha Highfield, “Doing ‘Whatever was Needed’: The Roles of Missionary Nurses in
Southeastern Nigeria (1965 – 1967”)
11:15 a.m. Caroline Burgess , “Understanding Motivation: Why do Undergraduate Student Nurses
Seek Out International Clinical Placements?”
11:45 a.m. Barb Astle, Sonya Grypma, & Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham, “What’s Faith got to do with it?”
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Global Health, Missions and Nursing”
From the Clients’ Perspective (Moderator: Landa Terblance)
NWB 102
10:45 a.m. Savitri Singh-Carlson & Harjit Kaur, “The Role of Support and Faith Post-Treatment and
when Leaving an Abusive Relationship”
11:15 a.m. Beata Zaleska, “Discovery Group – In Search of Purpose and Meaning to Facilitate
Recovery”
Integrating Spiritual Perspectives into Care (Moderator: Deborah Gibson)
NWB 106
10:45 a.m. Elizabeth Dada, “Older Immigrants’ Perceptions of the Influence of Spirituality on their
Health and Illness”
11:15 a.m. Joyce Engel, “Making Meaning of the Invisible: The Significance of Early Pregnancy Loss”
11:45 a.m. Somporn Triamchaisri.,Kwanjai Satsue, Tassanee Rowiworakul & Vanvisa Sresumatchai
“Integrating Buddhist Philosophy and Nursing Philosophy: Religion Based Nursing Therapy
among Chronic Illness and End Stage of Life Patients”
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12:15 a.m.
Lunch
RSC Cafeteria
1:15 p.m.
Plenary
Donal O’Mathuna
“A Christian Perspective on Health Care Ethics in Pluralistic Societies”
Chair: Barb Astle
Respondent: Bart Cusveller
NWB Auditorium
2 p.m.
NWB 106A
Afternoon Tea
2:30 p.m.
Workshop
“Nursing at the Borderlands of Religious and Cultural Plurality”
Moderator: Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham
NWB Auditorium
4 p.m.
Closing Remarks
NWB Auditorium
5 p.m.
Transportation to Conference Dinner (meet outside NWB)
6 p.m.
Dinner in White Rock (Italian Touch)
8:30 pm.
Return to TWU
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CONCURRENT SCHEDULE (at a glance)
Philosophical Considerations
(Auditorium)
Jantzen
Cusveller
Porr
Pesut
Nursing Education
(Auditorium)
Yuan & Porr
Barss
Globalizing Nursing:
Yesterday and Today
(Auditorium)
Highfield
Burgess
Astle et al.
SESSION ONE: Friday, May 11, 2012 1045 - 1245
Nurses’ Professional Practice
Nursing Education
(NWB 102)
(NWB 106)
Theron
Giske
Styles
Cone
Fraser
Gibson & Astle
Kofoed
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SESSION TWO: Saturday, May 12 , 0915 - 1015
Ethical Decision-making
Considering Context
(NWB 102)
(NWB 106)
Calestani
Crowell
Tao et al.
Reimer-Kirkham et al.
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SESSION THREE: Saturday, May 12 , 1045 – 1215
From the Clients’ perspective
Integrating Spiritual Perspectives
(NWB 102)
into Care
(NWB 106)
Singh-Carlson
Engel
Zaleska
Dada
Triamchaisri et al.
WORKSHOP (SATURDAY 2:30 – 4 P.M.)
Workshop Introduction
(NWB 106)
Café #1: Leadership &
Historical Perspectives
(Sonya Grypma,
Dorolen Wolfs)
Are we aiming for neutral
or pluralistic services?
Should nursing be
Christian?
Workshop Synthesis
(NWB 101)
Café #2: Clinical
Perspectives
(Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham,
Marie Cochrane)
What does a nurse do
with his/her beliefs?
What do we do in the
“borderlands”?
(NWB 102)
Café #3: Research
Perspectives
(Rick Sawatzky,
Landa Terblanche)
What are the ethical
implications of using
measures of religion and
spirituality in nursing?
(Auditorium)
(NWB 113)
Café #4: Perspectives
from Education and
Philosophy
(Barb Pesut)
Should we teach spiritual
interventions? Are all
spiritual interventions
equally valid? Do we
need to determine the
“truth” of these
interventions?
(Auditorium)
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