“…Despite this competency requirement, international research continues to show that nurses perceive themselves as unsure of how to implement spiritual care in practice (Burkhart and Schmidt, 2012). Their uncertainty relates to a lack of a clear understanding of what spirituality means and what spiritual care entails (McEwen, 2004;McSherry, 2007;Smyth and Allen, 2011) and poor educational preparation (Milligan, 2004;Ozbasaran et al, 2011).…”