Aim To develop an understanding of how nurses provide spiritual care to terminally ill
patients in order to develop best practice. Background Patients approaching the end of life …

Objective To identify and synthesize nurses' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care and
their spiritual care competencies. Design A systematic review and meta-analysis of …

Objectives The overall study aim was to synthesise understandings and experiences
regarding the concept of spiritual care (SC). More specifically, to identify, organise and …

Background Although spiritual care is a basic element of holistic nursing, nurses' spiritual
care knowledge and abilities are often unable to satisfy patients' spiritual care needs …

In recent years, preparing nurses and midwives to feel competent and confident in providing
spiritual care has become the subject of international research. There is an emerging body …

Aims The aim of this study was to develop a consensus‐based Spiritual Care Education
Standard for undergraduate N/M students to use in undergraduate programmes. Design …

Background Spiritual care is part of holistic nursing. However, nurses have reported that
their education does not sufficiently prepare them for spiritual care in practice. Few studies …

Aims and objectives To develop and psychometrically test a self‐assessment tool that
measures undergraduate nursing and midwifery students' perceptions of spiritual care …

Spiritual care is a fundamental aspect of caring and compassionate nursing/midwifery
practice. However, nurses/midwives consistently report feeling unprepared to provide …

Aims and objectives To compare the frequency of nurse‐provided spiritual care across
diverse cultures. Background Given an ethical imperative to respect patient spirituality and …