Education 
October  Webinar
DATE October 27 12 EST 

Introducing Cultural and Spiritual Care into Your Nursing Practice
Presented by Katie Wilkinson, Certified Spiritual Health Practitioner 

This presentation examines how you, as a health practitioner, fit into the cultural, spiritual, emotional, existential space held by patients. You will be asked to think about how your beliefs, culture, spirituality and values can have an enduring impact on the patients and families for whom you care. We will explore the questions to ask to assess someone’s cultural and/or spiritual needs, how to ask them in a sensitive manner and how to respond appropriately and compassionately. This presentation will explain when to refer to a Spiritual Care Practitioner. And, finally, we will have an open discussion to address any issues of concern such as how to assess and respond when you do not have much time

About Katie: 
Katie Wilkinson, Bruyère Health and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Clinical Chaplain *
Katie has a bachelor’s degree in Experimental Psychology from Wake Forest University, a Masters of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary and is a Certified Spiritual Care Practitioner in the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC/CASS). After training at St Paul’s Hospital in the Providence Health Care System in Vancouver, Katie has worked as a Clinical Chaplain at Bruyère Health on the Palliative Care Unit and at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario since 2022. Katie has recently opened her own practice, Holding Space Canada, serving the community with her passion for and training in spiritual care. In each of these settings, Katie has the privilege of journeying with patients, caregivers and loved ones through end of life, which has resulted in her passion for palliative care. Katie greatly appreciates the depth of rapport and relationship that are possible as she offers compassionate, informed support through illness, caregiving, end of life and grief and bereavement