This article presents attempts to improve the quality of spiritual care offered to palliative care
patients by educating nursing and other staff about spiritual screening with the goal of …

Hospitalized patients are at an elevated risk of suffering from spiritual distress. Patients
value and expect having spiritual and emotional needs met when hospitalized. A direct …

Nurses conduct physical and psychosocial assessments during admissions to healthcare
facilities. Patients rely upon nurses to provide support and education during their journey …

Spiritual care is at the center of hospice and palliative care. Patients facing serious and life-
threatening illness have important needs in regard to faith, hope, and existential concerns …

This article reflects a project to create, refine, and use a palliative care specific spiritual
assessment, with the intent to implement its use for both an inpatient Palliative Consult …

The past 25 years have seen remarkable developments in the relationship between religion,
spirituality, and health. There is a growing body of research investigating the relationship …

In today's healthcare environment nurses are increasingly involved in assessing, evaluating,
and auditing the care they provide. There is some evidence to suggest that spiritual care is …

Assessing spirituality and the spiritual needs of patients is fundamental to providing effective
spiritual care. This article, the second in a series of three, discusses the assessment of …

Palliative care chaplains conduct spiritual assessments for those within their care. This
narrative review examined the literature concerning existing spiritual assessment models …

This handy pocket guide provides quick access to a variety of information that helps nurses
address the spiritual needs of patients. Designed for use in myriad health care settings, and …